PACE Act 1984

Longer Patents For Lower Imitation Barriers : The 1984 Drug Act

On September 24, 1984, President Reagan signed into law the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984. This law, the first change in United States patent terms since 1861, restores part of the patent life lost during the premarket regulatory process for new pharmaceuticals (and also for medical devices and food additives). A second major provision of the law facilitates the...

The Retirement Equity AcT of 1984: a review.

Last summer, Congress passed and on August 23, 1984, President Reagan signed into law the Retirement Equity Act (REA) of 1984.’ This major piece of pension legislation amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 2 and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 3 primarily in response to public concerns that working women are not receiving their fair share of private pension benefits. In par...

Civil liberties and public good: detention of tuberculous patients and the Public Health Act 1984.

On 30 August 1998, the Mail on Sunday, under the headline "TB refugee 'must be held in hospital"', described the case of a Somalian man who had been "ordered by a court to remain in hospital for six months to prevent him spreading a highly infectious deadly disease". That disease was tuberculosis and a court order had been issued "after the man had twice staggered into Northwick Park Hospital i...

The emerging effects of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984.

Brand Loyalty, Entry, and Price Competition in Pharmaceuticals after the 1984 Drug Act*

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