Senators Object To Fast-Tracking Patent Gaming, Drug Price Ad Bills

By Ariel Cohen / November 13, 2019 at 5:09 PM
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blocked the passage of a bipartisan bill, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), that aimed to prevent drug companies from patent gaming, after Cornyn called up the bill on Wednesday (Nov. 13) for an expedited floor vote. Also, on Wednesday, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) blocked an expedited vote on Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) legislation that would require drug companies list their products’ prices in television ads. The Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019...


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