Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications
Summary
Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications This bill makes it an unfair method of competition to submit an objectively baseless petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an attempt to interfere with a competitor's application for market approval of a drug. The bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to sue an individual or entity that submits such a petition to the FDA. A party found liable in such a lawsuit shall be subject to civil penalties, such as a fine of up to $50,000 for each day that the FDA spent reviewing the baseless petition.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 28, 2021
Last action Sep 29, 2021
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4
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Committee
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Sep 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Apr 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Apr 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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