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Second Follow-on Biologics Bill Is Introduced in House

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

By Donald Zuhn -- Yesterday, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) (at right) provided an alternative to Rep. Henry Waxman's (D-CA) follow-on biologics bill, when she introduced the Pathway for Biosimilars Act (H.R. 1548). Rep. Waxman had introduced his own bill (H.R. 1427; the Promoting Innovation and Access to Life Saving Medicines Act) last week. The introduction of the Eshoo bill comes as little surprise, as Rep. Eshoo, like Rep. Waxman, had introduced a similar bill during the 110th Congress. In fact, five follow-on biologics bills were introduced in the last Congress: H.R. 1038 and S. 623 (introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on March 19, 2009 (boomark / email).