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`Tribe Provides Clarification on Allergan
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`Sep 14, 2017
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`AKWESASNE TERRITORY — The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s recent agreement with Allergan
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`regarding the RESTASIS® patents has generated many news articles and discussions in relation to
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`drug pricing and patent protection. Some of the articles and social media discussions on the
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`implications of the Tribe’s economic venture are factually inaccurate and legally incorrect. To ensure
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`a better understanding of the agreement and the Tribe’s efforts to be financially self-reliant, the
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`following clarifications are being provided:  
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`First, the Tribe agrees with and supports Allergan’s social contract to make their drugs accessible
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`and affordably priced for their consumers. As a tribal government that operates an Indian Health
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`Service facility, the Tribe is acutely aware of rising healthcare costs and its impact on being able to
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`manage a financially constrained health service’s budget.  
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`Second, the Tribe’s agreement utilizes the same business model and legal positions long employed
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`by public universities and other state sovereigns. Universities partner and serve as incubators for
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`start-up companies and large industrial companies to help bring products to market, often with the
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`sovereigns retaining title to the intellectual property. The same strategy has already been
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`successfully employed by The University of Maryland, The University of Minnesota, The University of
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`Florida and The University of California; either directly or through foundations they control. It
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`appears that it is only a concern when a Tribe decides to enter the same business for the benefit its
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`community.   
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`https://www.srmt-nsn.gov/news/2017/tribe-provides-clarification-on-allergan-agreement
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`Third, the Tribe’s goal is to diversify its revenue streams to support tribal programs, community
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`services and provide for the long-term economic good of our community.  The Tribe is doing exactly
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`what any responsible and community-minded government would do to provide for the health,
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`safety, education, welfare and economic security of the community — investing in the future
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`through cooperative arrangements with industry leaders in developing and expanding the Tribe’s
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`economic base.  
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`Fourth, many of the commenters and reporters that have attempted to report on the Tribe’s
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`business transaction have little understanding of a tribal government or Indian Law.  The Tribe
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`believes it is in their best interest to allow its economic diversification strategy to proceed and to
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`report on proven results.
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`In the end, the Tribe is very confident the public, once the transaction and its benefits are fully
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`understood, will understand that the Tribe is helping to strengthen the United States patent system
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`in a way that is mutually beneficial to innovators, as well as for the community of Akwesasne’s and
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`the United States’ economy. A strong patent system is in everyone’s best interest, which is why
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`patent protection is one of our original constitutional rights.
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