Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6578)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to deem it to be an unfair method of competition affecting commerce for a person, in connection with the sale of a drug product, to be a party to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in which: (1) an abbreviated new drug (generic) application filer receives anything of value; and (2) such filer agrees not to research, develop, manufacture, market, or sell the generic product for any period. Excludes a resolution or settlement that includes no more than the right to market the generic product prior to the expiration of the patent.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2006 to Dec 8, 2006, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jun 27, 2006 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jun 27, 2006 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jun 27, 2006 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jul 13, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Dec 8, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Jun 27, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6578)
- Jun 27, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6577-6578)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2006Introduced in Senate
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