Assembly Bill A7245A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Preserves access to affordable drugs

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2021-A7245 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4370
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-A Title IV §§282 & 283, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7465, S4513

2021-A7245 - Summary

Relates to preserving access to affordable drugs; provides that an agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, shall be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement and if the nonreference drug filer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the nonreference drug filer's product for any period of time.

2021-A7245 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7245
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to preserving  access
   to affordable drugs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 2-A of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new title IV to read as follows:
                                 TITLE IV
                   PRESERVING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE DRUGS
 SECTION 282. DEFINITIONS.
         283. PRESERVING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE DRUGS.
   § 282. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  TITLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "ANDA" SHALL MEAN ABBREVIATED NEW DRUG APPLICATION.
   2. "ANDA FILER" SHALL MEAN A PARTY THAT OWNS OR CONTROLS AN ANDA FILED
 WITH  THE  FEDERAL  FOOD  AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION OR HAS THE EXCLUSIVE
 RIGHTS UNDER THAT ANDA TO DISTRIBUTE THE ANDA PRODUCT.
   3. "AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN ANYTHING THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE AN  AGREEMENT
 UNDER STATE LAW.
   4.  "AGREEMENT  RESOLVING  OR  SETTLING  A  PATENT INFRINGEMENT CLAIM"
 INCLUDES ANY AGREEMENT THAT IS ENTERED INTO WITHIN THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE
 RESOLUTION  OR  THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM, OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT THAT
 IS CONTINGENT UPON, PROVIDES A CONTINGENT CONDITION FOR, OR IS OTHERWISE
 RELATED TO THE  RESOLUTION  OR  SETTLEMENT  OF  THE  CLAIM.  THIS  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) ANY AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
 SION  OR  THE  ANTITRUST  DIVISION  OF  THE  UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
 JUSTICE UNDER THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT,  AND  MODERN-
 IZATION ACT OF 2003, PUB. L. NO. 108-173;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04644-01-1
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A7245A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4370
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-A Title IV §§282 & 283, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7465, S4513

2021-A7245A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to preserving access to affordable drugs; provides that an agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, shall be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement and if the nonreference drug filer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the nonreference drug filer's product for any period of time.

2021-A7245A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7245--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED,  McDONALD,  FRONTUS, ENGLEBRIGHT,
   J. D. RIVERA, GRIFFIN, DAVILA,  BURDICK,  SIMON,  SILLITTI,  BARNWELL,
   EPSTEIN,   L. ROSENTHAL,  WALLACE,  LUPARDO,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  PAULIN,
   GALEF, THIELE, ABINANTI, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  STECK,  SOLAGES,  STIRPE,
   SMITH,  REYES,  NIOU,  FORREST, LAVINE, JEAN-PIERRE, JACKSON, GUNTHER,
   HEVESI, DINOWITZ, QUART, MAMDANI -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee  on  Health  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Health in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to preserving  access
   to affordable drugs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 2-A of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new title IV to read as follows:
                                 TITLE IV
                   PRESERVING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE DRUGS
 SECTION 282. DEFINITIONS.
         283. PRESERVING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE DRUGS.
   § 282. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  TITLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "ANDA" SHALL MEAN ABBREVIATED NEW DRUG APPLICATION AS DESCRIBED BY
 505(J) OF THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT, 21 U.S.C. 335(J).
   2. "ANDA FILER" SHALL MEAN A PARTY THAT OWNS OR CONTROLS AN ANDA FILED
 WITH THE FEDERAL FOOD AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION  OR  HAS  THE  EXCLUSIVE
 RIGHTS UNDER THAT ANDA TO DISTRIBUTE THE ANDA PRODUCT.
   3.  "AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN ANYTHING THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE AN AGREEMENT
 UNDER STATE LAW.
   4. "AGREEMENT RESOLVING  OR  SETTLING  A  PATENT  INFRINGEMENT  CLAIM"
 INCLUDES  ANY  AGREEMENT  THAT IS ENTERED INTO WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04644-05-2
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.