White House again weighs in with US high court on ‘skinny label’ infringement
By Nick Robertson ( December 16, 2025, 20:19 GMT | Comment) -- With the US solicitor general urging the Supreme Court this month to grant certiorari in Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ appeal of an induced infringement verdict over a generic drug’s “skinny label,” both US political parties have now encouraged the court to address the issue. It represents a bipartisan focus on lowering drug prices through patent law, attorneys told MLex.The US solicitor general’s request that the Supreme Court review a dispute between Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Amarin Pharma over generic drug “skinny labels” this month shows a bipartisan focus on reducing drug prices through patent law....
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