Patent Reform Speeds Drug Development, At Least At The Signing Ceremony
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
President Obama announce seven initiatives to help move ideas from the lab to market as he signs the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
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