Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has introduced S. 438, "The Fair Prescription Drug Act of 2007," which would ban the sale of authorized generic drugs during an ANDA applicant’s 180-day exclusivity period. The bill is cosponsored by Senators Kohl (D-WI), Leahy, (D-VT), and Schumer (D-NY). The same bill was proposed last year as S. 3695. Senator Kohl expressed optimism that the bill would have better prospects this time around–and it just might, given that the Democrats now control Congress.
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