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Skinny Labels at the Supreme Court—Generic Competition, Patent Inducement, and Affordable Medicines

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.3526

April 09, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses use of skinny labeling to reduce the price of brand-name drugs, impediments to timely generic market entry and affordability, and inducement liability that causes marketing uncertainty.

Corresponding Author: S. Sean Tu, PhD, JD, University of Alabama School of Law, 101 Paul W. Bryant Dr E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 (shinetu@gmail.com).

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