H.R. 3536 · 115th Congress
To require persons who undertake Federally funded research and development of drugs to enter into reasonable pricing agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Peter DeFazio
- Introduced
- 2017-07-28
- Latest action
- 2017-08-04 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
This bill prohibits federal agencies and nonprofit entities that conduct federally funded health care research from providing a patent for a drug based on such research until the entity receiving the patent enters into a reasonable pricing agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services.