Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2021
Summary
Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2021 This bill requires companies that receive federal funding for research (or a license of the rights to a patent or regulatory test data) for a biomedical product or service to agree to set reasonable prices for the resulting biomedical product or service. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must determine a reasonable price based on a formula that ensures the U.S. price for the product or service is not more than the median price for the product or service in Canada and six other reference countries with, based on specified criteria, large economies and high incomes. Companies entering these agreements also must report to HHS certain financial information related to the biomedical product or service involved.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 10, 2021
Last action Aug 11, 2021
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Total actions
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Committee
2
Aug 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Aug 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Aug 10, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Peter A. DeFazio
DDemocratic
Co
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
Co
Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
Co
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
DDemocratic
Co
Lloyd Doggett
DDemocratic
Co
Marcy Kaptur
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Pocan
DDemocratic
Co
Melanie A. Stansbury
DDemocratic
Co
Raúl M. Grijalva
DDemocratic
Co
Ro Khanna
DDemocratic
Co
Rosa L. DeLauro
DDemocratic
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