H.R. 3678 · 114th Congress
Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs Act of 2015
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This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand the definition of orphan drug for purposes of the annual fee paid by brand name prescription drug manufacturers and importers to include medications for rare conditions that were, prior to 2011, approved or in clinical trials.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 1, 2015
Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs Act of 2015
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand the definition of orphan drug for purposes of the annual fee paid by brand name prescription drug manufacturers and importers to include medications for rare conditions that were, prior to 2011, approved or in clinical trials. (Drug manufacturers and importers pay an annual fee based on their sales of brand name prescription drugs, excluding sales of orphan drugs.) Currently, only medications for rare conditions for which a tax credit for clinical trials was allowed are considered orphan drugs.
This Act applies to fees paid after 2014.Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs Act of 2015
Latest action (Oct 2, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 1, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.