Both the brand-name and generic drug industries are putting up a fight, warning that the measure could backfire by further delaying the entry of generics into the market.
California’s attorney general touted a legal victory last week against drugmakers who he said made secretive, backroom deals to keep less expensive drugs off the market.
In nearly the same breath, Xavier Becerra also lamented that he didn’t have enough legal tools to go after all the companies that engage in the practice of “pay for delay,” in which brand-name drugmakers pay off generic manufacturers to keep the more affordable generic versions of their medications off the market.
“It’s hard to prove some of these activities as being illegal,” Becerra said Monday.
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