Colleges Closely Watch Drug-Patent Case Before Supreme Court

A number of research universities and related organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to buck the wishes of the pharmaceutical industry and the federal government in a widely watched patent case to be heard by the court later this month.

The institutions, which include the University of California system, the foundation that manages patents for the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the American Council on Education, say that if the court rules for the drug industry, many

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