United States · Bill · S
S. 787 (96th)
Public Health Price Protection Act of 1979
Introduced
27 March 1979
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Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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Summary
Public Health Price Protection Act of 1979 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to certify to the Federal Trade Commission that the average price to the consumer of a patented drug is more than 500 percent of the direct cost thereof to the producer when such a situation exists. Requires the Federal Trade Commission, upon verification of such certification, to determine whether the existence of a patent has been a substantial contributing factor to the high price of such drug, and if the patent has so contributed, to order the mandatory licensing of such patent with a reasonable royalty rate.
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summary · EN · 27 March 1979
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/787
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/96/s/787