S. 1209 · 116th Congress
REMEDY Act
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Reforming Evergreening and Manipulation that Extends Drug Years Act or the REMEDY Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 11, 2019
Reforming Evergreening and Manipulation that Extends Drug Years Act or the REMEDY Act
This bill addresses drug patents with respect to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a drug application.
Currently, when the owner of a brand-name drug approval sues a generic drug company for patent infringement based on the generic company's application for FDA approval of a generic version of the brand-name drug, there is generally a 30-month stay on the approval of the generic version. Under this bill, the stay goes into effect only if the lawsuit alleges infringement of a patent that claims the drug compound.
When the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invalidates a patent for a drug, the FDA must update its list of relevant patents for the drug.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: REMEDY Act
Also known as: Reforming Evergreening and Manipulation that Extends Drug Years Act
Latest action (Apr 11, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 11, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.