To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the use of patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property to inhibit competition.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the use of patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property to inhibit competition., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Agriculture, Trade.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H84023547FCAC4E77A2DC4FA5B249CDC5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increasing Prescription Drug Competition Act.
- Section HFDFC3F664879424ABC78DDD94724DD09: 2. Preventing the use of patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property on risk evaluation and mitigation strategies to inhibit competition Section...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the use of patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property to inhibit competition., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Agriculture, Trade
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the use of patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property to inhibit competition., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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