Post-approval is where the real IP game starts.
Most teams obsess over getting to approval—then quietly assume the hard part is over. It isn’t. In the months and years after launch, your product becomes a target: for generic challengers, for “evergre…

Pharma companies dont lose exclusivity because they missed a deadline. They lose it because they mismanaged the legal perimeter.
In todays generic and biosimilar landscape, defending patent exclusivity isnt just a regulatory exerciseits a litigation st…

From Humira to Keytruda: The Blueprint for Surviving the Composition of Matter Cliff
If you work in pharma, youve felt it: the moment the calendar starts to look like a countdown. Not because science suddenly stopsbut because patents do.
The compositio…

Pharmas patent cliff isnt just a cliff. Its a moving targetone that can be reshaped with a legal lever most investors barely model.
In a recent piece from DrugPatentWatch, the focus lands on method-of-use patentsoften described as the hidden lever that…

The Patent Dance, Decoded: How Biosimilar Developers Win (or Lose) Before Litigation Starts
In the biosimilar world, the fight rarely begins in a courtroom. It begins in a spreadsheet.
Before a single complaint is filedor a single expert report is exch…

Drug patent cliffs are no longer a later problem. Theyre a data problemsolvable now.
If youre still treating patent expiration and litigation risk as something you react to, youre already behind.
In the pharma world, the calendar is unforgiving: exclus…

Patent thickets arent just a legal inconveniencetheyre a market design problem. And if youre a pharma executive, investor, or in-house counsel, the real question isnt Can we clear patents? Its: Can we build a repeatable strategy that clears them faster…

Blockbuster drugs dont just have patentsthey have recipes. And if youre trying to design around them, the real battleground is often not the active ingredient, but the formulation itself.
Thats the core idea behind formulation forensics: using public s…

Pharma boards dont get sued for patents. People do. Companies get sued for what those patents enableand for what they fail to protect.
Thats why the most important shift in IP leadership isnt legal strategy. Its governance.
In a world where patent liti…

Designing Around Formulation Patents: The Generic Developers Playbook (and Why Its Getting Harder)
In generic drug development, the real fight often isnt about whether you can make a moleculeits about how you can make it.
Formulation patentscovering ev…