S. 3384

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Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America’s Seniors and Families Act of 2020

Introduced 3/3/2020•116th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

3/3/2020 • Senate

Summary

Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America's Seniors and Families Act of 2020

This bill makes a series of changes to requirements relating to prescription drug prices. Among other changes, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, allows individuals to import certain drugs from Canada to fill personal prescriptions, and establishes specific enforcement actions against patent infringement agreements that involve generic drug manufacturers and have anticompetitive effects.

Introduced in Senate • 3/3/2020

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Health

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesBusiness ethicsCanadaCivil actions and liabilityCompetition and antitrustDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Government information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth information and medical recordsInflation and pricesIntellectual propertyLicensing and registrationsManufacturingMedicarePrescription drugs