H.R. 4640 · 116th Congress
Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Peter DeFazio
- Introduced
- 2019-10-11
- Latest action
- 2019-10-14 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2019
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.