Sec. 321. Change conditions of first generic exclusivity to spur access and competition
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Section 505(j)(5)(B)(iv) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355(j)(5)(B)(iv) ) is amended— in subclause (I), by striking 180 days after and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: 180 days after the earlier of— the date of the first commercial marketing of the drug (including the commercial marketing of the listed drug) by any first applicant; or the applicable date specified in subclause (III). ; and by adding at the end the following new subclause:
The applicable date specified in this subclause, with respect to an application for a drug described in subclause (I), is the date on which each of the following conditions is first met: The approval of such an application could be made effective, but for the eligibility of a first applicant for 180-day exclusivity under this clause. At least 30 months have passed since the date of submission of an application for the drug by at least one first applicant. Approval of an application for the drug submitted by at least one first applicant is not precluded under clause
(iii). No application for the drug submitted by any first applicant is approved at the time the conditions under items (aa), (bb), and
(cc)are all met, regardless of whether such an application is subsequently approved. . The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, publish, as appropriate and available, information sufficient to allow applicants to assess whether the conditions described in section 505(j)(5)(B)(iv)(III) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as added by subsection (a)) are satisfied for all applications where the exclusivity period under clause (iv)(I) of section 505(j)(5)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as amended by such subsection) has not expired; and publish updates to such information to reflect the most recent information available to the Secretary.
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Change conditions of first generic exclusivity to spur access and competition
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