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Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications

Introduced: April 28, 2021 Introduced by: Jeffries, Hakeem S. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 2021
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 9.
Sep 29, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 28, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications

This bill makes it an unfair method of competition to submit an objectively baseless petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an attempt to interfere with a competitor's application for market approval of a drug.

The bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to sue an individual or entity that submits such a petition to the FDA. A party found liable in such a lawsuit shall be subject to civil penalties, such as a fine of up to $50,000 for each day that the FDA spent reviewing the baseless petition.

What's happening now September 29, 2021

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 9.

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