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Anti-Reverse Payment Legislation Introduced in the House

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

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) (at right) introduced the Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2009 (H.R. 1706) in the House. The bill, which was co-sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), John Dingell (D-MI), Michael Doyle (D-PA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bart Stupak (D-MI), and Henry Waxman (D-CA), is similar to a bill (S. 369) introduced earlier this year in the Senate (see "Bill to Prohibit Reverse Payments Introduced in the Senate"). Like the Senate bill, the House bill is designed to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on April 03, 2009 (boomark / email).