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S.2019: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act
About This Bill
- Introduced Sept. 9, 2015
- Latest Major Action Sept. 22, 2015
- See the six similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a proceeding against parties to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in connection with the sale of a drug. Such an agreement, with specified exceptions, is presumed to have anticompetitive effects and is a violation of this Act if the filer of an abbreviated new...
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Sept. 22, 2015 |
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Hearings held.
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| Sept. 9, 2015 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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| Sept. 9, 2015 |
Introduced in the Senate by Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) |