Maryland Law Review Online
Volume 79 (2019-2020)
The Burden on Society from Eleventh-Hour “Citizen Petitions Filed to Slow Generic Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration’s citizen petition process provides an avenue for ordinary citizens to raise concerns and participate in the regulatory process. Abuse of that process has been documented as an example of the legal maneuvering used by pharmaceutical companies to protect their brand-name drug revenue streams from the introduction of low-cost generics […]