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January 21, 2010

Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Bill Banning Pay-for-Delay Settlements on Generic Drugs

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act
S. 369, 10/15/2009

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to pass a compromise version of Senator Herb Kohl’s bill banning pay-for-delay settlements that keep generic drugs off the market.  The Preserve Access to Affordable Generic Drugs Act (S. 369) will reduce the anti-consumer practice of brand-name drug manufacturers using pay-off agreements to keep cheaper generic equivalents off the market by presuming the practice to be illegal.  Under these pay-off agreements, brand name drug companies settle patent disputes by paying the generic drug manufacturer millions of dollars in exchange for a promise that it will keep its version of the drug off the market.

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Boston Scientific Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

Cordis Corp.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

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Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

Stryker Corp.

Stryker Sales Corp.

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Glamourmom LLC

Audiovox Communications Corp.

Stryker Orthopaedics

Target Corp.

McKesson Information Solutions, Inc.

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc.

Bridge Medical, Inc.

J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Cohesive Technologies, Inc.

Waters Corp.

Elizabeth Lange LLC d.b.a. Liz Lange Maternity

LG Electronics, Inc.

Quanta Computer, Inc.

Federated Department Stores

Egyptian Goddess, Inc.

Swisa, Inc.

K-Mart Corp.

Motorola, Inc.

Dror Swisa

Sears Holding Corp.

Ranbaxy, Inc.

Nokia, Inc.

SmithKline Beecham Corp. d.b.a GlaxoSmithKline

SmithKline Beecham PLC

Sanyo North America Corp.

Glaxo Group Limited d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline

Scimed Life Systems Inc.

Smithkline Beecham Corp. (d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, plc.)

Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

United States Patent and Trademark Office

HT Window Fashion Corp.

Mylan Laboratories, Inc.

Mylan Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Acumed, LLC

C Change Surgical LLC

SEB S.A.

Mars Electronics International, Inc.

Datascope Corp.

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