Patent Thickets

Illustration: Natalie Peeples / Axios Sens. Peter Welch and Josh Hawley are teaming up to introduce a bill this week seeking to lower drug prices by cracking down on "patent thickets." Why it matters: The unusual pairing of lawmakers shows there's bipartisan support for overhauling the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today delivered keynote remarks at an event hosted by The Atlantic on his bipartisan work to lower prescription drug costs and advance generic medicines. The event, titled The Next Frontier for Accessible Medicines, focused on hurdles facing generic…