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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Mar. 4, 2009

The Other Drug War

Expect the Obama administration to aggressively challenge settlements between producers of generic and brand-name drugs.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Paul Riehle and Jia-Ming Shang

While campaigning in summer 2008, President Barack Obama pledged that if he was elected, he would significantly increase government challenges against anticompetitive conduct. Obama identified two specific antitrust proposals he would implement as president. The first proposal was to repeal the exemption from certain federal antitrust laws currently enjoyed by medical malpractice insurers under the M...

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