US legislation for FDA approval of follow-on biologics: competing bipartisan proposals

29 March 2009

The debate in the US Congress over the approval of follow-on biotechnology drugs has become more complicated by the presence of  competing bills presented to the House of Representatives. First to be  introduced were proposals by Rep Henry Waxman (Democrat, California),  the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee who was also one  of the architects of the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 which established the  current system for generic drug reviews (Marketletters passim).

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