Pharmaceutical Reform Act of 2000
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 20, 2000)
Prohibits a patent from being considered to claim a listed drug unless, with respect to such drug, the patent claims an active ingredient.
Provides the effective date of the approval of an abbreviated application for a new drug containing a certification that its patent is invalid or will not be infringed by the manufacture, use, or sale of the new drug for which the application is submitted.
Prohibits any State or political subdivision from: (1) taking any action with respect to a drug approved under such Act that is different from or in addition to any listed requirement; or (2) establishing or continuing in effect a prohibition against the use of a drug as a substitute for any listed drug to which the drug is therapeutically equivalent.
Expresses the sense of Congress that a specified provision of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the submission of an abbreviated application for the approval of a new drug that is a biological product.
What just happenedOct 20, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 20, 2000
- Oct 20, 2000CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Sep 29, 2000CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee - Sep 20, 2000IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Judiciary Committee - Sep 20, 2000IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 20, 2000IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 20, 2000IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 20, 2000IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House