TERM Act Would Presume All Patents Covering a Branded Pharmaceutical Product Are Not Patentably Distinct
On June 11, a bipartisan group of Representatives including Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ben Cline (R-Va.), and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) introduced a new bill to address the rising cost of branded prescription drugs. The Terminating the Extension of Rights Misappropriated (TERM) Act of 2019, H.R. 3199, 116th Cong. (2019), aims to prevent pharmaceutical…