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Senate and House Introduce Bills Prohibiting Authorized Generics

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Recently, a number of bills that would significantly impact the biotech and pharma industry have been introduced in Congress. These bills include the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (S. 369), which would prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies for delaying the entry of generic drugs into the market; the Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (H.R. 1427), which would create a follow-on biologics regulatory pathway in the U.S.; and the Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515 and H.R. 1260), which would make a number of important changes to...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).