Summary: A new paper by the Geneva Network suggests that increasing the period of regulatory data protection (RDP) for biologic medicines would not increase expenditures for medicines. As countries navigate the final negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S. and Japan have advocated for increased regulatory data protection for biologic medicines by other TPP countries. In the U.S. biologics enjoy 12 years of data exclusivity; the only TPP countries, aside from the U.S, offering more than Read More
