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.
Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
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.
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesInflation and pricesIntellectual propertyMedical researchResearch and development
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.
USA115th CongressHR-3536| House
| Updated: 8/4/2017
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.
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesInflation and pricesIntellectual propertyMedical researchResearch and development