To require persons who undertake Federally funded research and development of drugs to enter into reasonable pricing agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Sponsored By: Representative DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
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Summary
This bill prohibits federal agencies and nonprofit entities that conduct federally funded health care research from providing a patent for a drug based on such research until the entity receiving the patent enters into a reasonable pricing agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Cosponsors
JOHN CONYERS
MI • D
Sponsored 9/5/2017
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 9/5/2017
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
OH • D
Sponsored 9/5/2017
ELIJAH CUMMINGS
MD • D
Sponsored 9/5/2017
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/7/2017
LOUISE SLAUGHTER
NY • D
Sponsored 11/8/2017
Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/11/2018
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