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Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act

Introduced: June 10, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Jun 11, 2003
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 10, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 10, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) limit a brand name drug manufacturer to one Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 30-month stay of competition in a patent infringement suit against a generic drug applicant; (2) permit a generic applicant being sued to file a counterclaim to correct or delete patent information; (3) limit damages that a brand name manufacturer may recover in an instance where such manufacturer failed to file certain patent information; (4) permit a generic drug applicant to seek declaratory judgment regarding patent infringement prior to marketing a drug; (5) forfeit the180-day market exclusivity period for a first generic drug applicant to a subsequent generic applicant if the first applicant engages in certain activities which impede such drug's timely marketing; and (6) permit alternative means to determine bioequivalence for drugs that are not absorbed into the bloodstream.

What's happening now June 11, 2003

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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