S.1695 - Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, to promote innovation in the life sciences, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, to promote innovation in the life sciences, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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01/04/09
Patent Docs: Top Stories of 2008: #9 to #6

Five follow-on biologics bills were introduced during the 110th Congress: H.R. 1956 (which provides twelve years of data exclusivity and two years of market exclusivity), S. 1695 and H.R. 5629 (which provide four years of data ...

Source: Patent Docs
01/02/09
Patent Docs: Teva CEO Predicts Passage of Follow-on Biologics Bill ...

We also reported last summer that the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) indicated that either H.R. 1956 (providing fourteen years of exclusivity), H.R. 5629 (providing twelve years of exclusivity), or S. 1695 (also providing ...

Source: Patent Docs
12/14/08
GoozNews: Biosimilars, Biogenerics Not the Same

Ted Kennedy’s S.1695, Sen. Judd Gregg’s S.1505 and Rep. Anna Eshoo’s H.R.5629 each call for testing drugs for safety, purity and “potency.” The FDA uses potency as a synonym for efficacy. In other words, all three bills would manda

Source: GoozNews
12/02/08
The Sietch Blog » General Motors: A Company That Deserves To Go Down

Bills targeted include: Climate change (S.2191), CAFE (H.R.5560, S.2555), Biogenerics Legislation (S.1695 et al), Railroad Antitrust Enforcement (H.R.1650, S.772), Ban Asbestos etc. Act (H.R.3339) — for other quarters, see individual ...

11/20/08
Patent Baristas » Economist Argues That 7 Years Ought to be Enough ...

S. 1695, sponsored by Senators Kennedy, Enzi, Clinton and Hatch, would allow for 12 years of data exclusivity. H.R. 5629, sponsored by Representatives Eshoo and Barton, would guarantee 12 years of data exclusivity, with an additional ...

11/20/08
General Motors: Emptying The Ocean With A Thimble

Bills targeted include: Climate change (S.2191), CAFE (HR5560, S.2555), Biogenerics Legislation (S.1695 et al), Railroad Antitrust Enforcement (HR1650, S.772), Ban Asbestos etc. Act (HR3339) — for other quarters, see individual links. ...

11/20/08
Bio Pharma Bonanza » Blog Archive » Economist Argues That 7 Years ...

S. 1695, sponsored by Senators Kennedy, Enzi, Clinton and Hatch, would allow for 12 years of data exclusivity. H.R. 5629, sponsored by Representatives Eshoo and Barton, would guarantee 12 years of data exclusivity, with an additional ...

09/21/08
HTA Blog: Waxman: FOBs Would Ensure Market Competition

which provides for 14 years; and S. 1695, introduced by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Clinton, which favors 12 years of exclusivity. The periods of some of those generic biologic ...

Source: HTA Blog
09/17/08
Biosimilar Bill Reported From Senate Committee

Bipartisan legislation (S. 1695 (the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act)) that would create a mechanism for FDA approval of "biosimilar" (also referred to as "follow-on," "comparable," or "biogeneric") bi

08/18/08
Honores al Numero 1: Rafa Nadal

10th Wawrinka , S. 1695 Rafael Nadal Becomes 24th Player to Hold No. 1 Ranking Spaniard Rafael Nadal ascended to the No. 1 position in the South African Airways ATP Rankings on Monday by replacing his great rival Roger Federer of ...

07/06/08
Orange Book Blog: OBB News Briefs

On June 25, the Congressional Budget Office released a cost estimate for the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 (S. 1695), concluding that the biosimilars bill would save American consumers $25 billion on ...

07/03/08
Federal Report Outlines Cost Savings in Biosimilars Approval Pathway

The Congressional Budget Office has released a report that provides a picture of the financial impact from the enaction of S.1695, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007.

07/02/08
Federal Report Outlines Cost Savings in Biosimilars Approval Pathway

The Congressional Budget Office has released a report that provides a picture of the financial impact from the enaction of S.1695, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007.

07/01/08
Federal Report Outlines Cost Savings in Biosimilars Approval Pathway

The Congressional Budget Office has released a report that provides a picture of the financial impact from the enaction of S.1695, the ?Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007.?

07/01/08
FDALegislativeWatch: Biogenerics Get A Low Score From CBO, But Is ...

"By relying on the provisions in S. 1695, the CBO study also shows that we can achieve meaningful cost savings in biologics spending while providing needed protections to allow for continued innovation," Greenwood continued. ...

07/01/08
CBO Releases Report on Senate Follow-on Biologics Bill; BIO Calls ...

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (S. 1695), which would establish a pathway for the FDA to approve follow-on biologics. ...

Source: Patent Docs
06/30/08
Medical News Today News Alert

Legislation (S 1695) that would create an FDA approval pathway fo

06/30/08
Medical News Today News Alert

Legislation (S 1695) that would create an FDA approval pathway fo

06/28/08
CBO Savings Estimate For Follow-On Biologics Underscores Need For ...

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report issued projecting cost savings from S. 1695, the Biologics Price ...

06/28/08
CBO Savings Estimate For Follow-On Biologics Underscores Need For ...

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report issued projecting cost savings from S. 1695, the Biologics Price ...

06/27/08
CBO Savings Estimate for Follow-On Biologics, Biotechnology ...

"By relying on the provisions in S. 1695, the CBO study also shows that we can achieve meaningful cost savings in biologics spending while providing needed protections to allow for continued innovation. H.R. 1956, the Patient Protection ...

06/27/08
CBO: Biogenerics Would Save Federal Government $6.6 Billion Over ...

Enacting S. 1695 would reduce total expenditures on biologics in the United States Hidden List by $25 billion over the 2009-2018 period. — Enacting the bill would reduce budget deficits (or increase surpluses) ...

06/26/08
The Hill Blog» Blog Archive » Budget Estimate Confirms Biosimilar ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a cost estimate yesterday of the “Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007,” S. 1695, which the HELP Committee approved last year. CBO estimates that, if Congress enacts S. ...

06/26/08
PhRMA Issues Statement on Follow-On Biologics Legislation

“PhRMA thinks the cost estimate released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) of S. 1695 shows that it is possible to deliver cost savings to patients and the government through introduction of follow-on biologics while maintaining ...

06/26/08
CBO Savings Estimate for Follow-On Biologics Underscores Need for ...

... Budget Office (CBO) report issued today projecting cost savings from S. 1695, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007: The CBO report shows that developing a pathway to review and approve follow-on biologics...

06/26/08
CBO: Biogenerics Would Save Government $6.6 Billion Over Decade

Enacting S. 1695 would reduce total expenditures on biologics in the United States Hidden List by $25 billion over the 2009-2018 period. -- Enacting the bill would reduce budget deficits (or increase surpluses) by a total of $6.6 ...

Source: On The Hill
06/26/08
Biogenerics Would Save How Much? // Pharmalot

The bills, by the way, are S. 1695, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007; H.R. 1956, the Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007; and H.R. 5629, the Pathway for Biosimilars Act. If you go ...

Source: Pharmalot
06/25/08
PCMA » CBO: Biogenerics Would Save Federal Government $6.6 Billion ...

Enacting S. 1695 would reduce total expenditures on biologics in the United States by $25 billion over the 2009- 2018 period. Enacting the bill would reduce budget deficits (or increase surpluses) by a total of $6.6 billion over the ...

Source: PCMA
06/25/08
CBO: Biogenerics Would Save Federal Government $6.6 Billion Over ...

Enacting S. 1695 would reduce total expenditures on biologics in the United States by $25 billion over the 2009- 2018 period. · Enacting the bill would reduce budget deficits (or increase surpluses) by a total of $6.6 billion over the ...

Source: PCMA
06/25/08
Cost savings from follow-on biologics

Enacting S. 1695 would reduce total expenditures on biologics in the United States by $0.2 billion over the 2009-2013 period and by about $25 billion over the 2009-2018 period. (Over that 10-year period, such savings would equal roughly ...

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