Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications

United States117th CongressHR-2883House of Representatives
Updated: Sep 29, 2021

Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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

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  4. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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