Will CBO Score CREATE Momentum For Generic Bill's Passage?

Strong savings estimate – and brand pharma's need to have pay-fors for its own legislative priorities – could finally get bill allowing generic companies to sue brand sponsors for access to samples.

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The US generics industry may finally have the leverage to pass a bill that would improve access to samples for testing after its savings were estimated at more than $3bn over 10 years.

The Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act would allow generic companies to sue their brand counterparts...

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