And speeding generic drugs to market.
Speed generic drugs to market.
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Evidence
Sponsor: Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]. Latest Action: House - 11/10/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce. This bill has the status Introduced. Official title: To prohibit brand name drug manufacturers from compensating generic drug manufacturers to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, along with Reps. Sean Casten and Gerry Connolly, introduced the Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2023. The release says the bill would end harmful pay-for-delay practices and provide FTC enforcement authority so people can access lower-priced generic drugs.
GovInfo lists H.R. 6275 as introduced in House, sponsored by Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, with the full title: To prohibit brand name drug manufacturers from compensating generic drug manufacturers to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, and to prohibit biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product manufacturers to delay entry.
Assessments
Perez made a serious same-term legislative attempt by sponsoring H.R. 6275, the Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2023, to ban pay-for-delay deals that delay generic and biosimilar entry. But the measure did not advance beyond introduction/subcommittee referral in the 118th Congress, and there is no enacted, candidate-creditable federal outcome showing the promise was delivered. Introduction without passage or implementation is effort, not fulfillment.