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Frank Pallone: And the way the current law reads, and I do not think it was really intended that way, but it has been basically…

On the recordJune 12, 2001
And the way the current law reads, and I do not think it was really intended that way, but it has been basically utilized in the wrong way, that once that presentation is made with this new patent, for 30 months the generic cannot come to market. That is 30 months. We are talking about 2/2 years, which is incredible; and we correct that in the bill that we talked about. In the GAAP bill we correct that.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing the implications of current patent law on generic drug market entry.

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