This Patent ‘Fix’ Will Backfire on Medical Research

Kristen Jakobsen Osenga June 16, 2026

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The Senate HELP Committee will consider legislation this week that supporters claim will lower prescription drug costs. The proposal’s title — the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act — sounds unobjectionable enough.

But behind that appealing label is a policy that could undermine the research ecosystem responsible for many of the medical breakthroughs Americans depend on.

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