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S.1801 Proposes “Innovation Incentive Fund for New and More Effective Treatments for Bacterial Infections.” Proposal delinks incentives from prices.

On June 12, 2019, 15 members of the U.S. Senate introduced S.1801 (116th Congress), a bill to make medicines more affordable. Among the provisions of the bill, which also include a study of delinkage of R&D financing from pricing, is a Innovation Incentive Fund for New and More Effective Treatments for Bacterial Infections. Section 301 Read more about S.1801 Proposes “Innovation Incentive Fund for New and More Effective Treatments for Bacterial Infections.” Proposal delinks incentives from prices.[…]

Senator Tina Smith

S. 1801: Affordable Medications Act (116th Congress), calls for study of delinkage

On June 12, 2019, 15 US Senators introduced S.1801, a bill to make medicines more affordable. Among the provisions in the bill are a study of the feasibility of progressively delinking R&D costs from product prices. S. 1801: Affordable Medications Act Ms. Smith (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Udall, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, Read more about S. 1801: Affordable Medications Act (116th Congress), calls for study of delinkage[…]