Health Care Research and Development and Taxpayer Protection Act
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Health Care Research and Development and Taxpayer Protection Act - Requires a Federal agency or nonprofit entity undertaking federally funded health care research and development not to convey or provide to a person a patent or other exclusive right to use such research and development for a drug or other health care technology until: (1) the person enters a reasonable pricing agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services; or (2) the Secretary determines that the public interest is served by a waiver of such pricing agreement.
Requires the Government, in conveying or licensing exclusive rights to federally funded research, to give consideration to mechanisms for determining reasonable prices based upon a competitive bidding process where bidders compete: (1) based on the lowest prices that will be charged to consumers; (2) based on the least sales revenues before prices are adjusted in accordance with a cost-based reasonable pricing formula; (3) based on the least period of time before prices are adjusted in accordance with such a formula; (4) based on the shortest period of exclusivity; or (5) under other competitive bidding systems. Permits such competitive bidding process to incorporate requirements for minimum levels of expenditures on research, marketing, maximum price, or other factors.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 626: Health Care Research and Development and Taxpayer Protection Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-626/
"H.R. 626: Health Care Research and Development and Taxpayer Protection Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-626/.
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