Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT TO MAKE THE LAWS ON PATENTS, TRADENAMES AND TRADEMARKS, MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE BY CLARIFYING NON-PATENTABLE INVENTIONS, ALLOWING THE IMPORTATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF PATENTED MEDICINES, AND MODIFYING GOVERNMENT USE PROVISIONS FOR DRUGS OR MEDICINES, TO LOWER PRICES AND INCREASE ACCESS TO AND SUPPLY OF QUALITY DRUGS OR MEDICINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Date filed
July 31, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01654 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO MAKE THE LAWS ON PATENTS, TRADENAMES AND TRADEMARKS, MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE BY CLARIFYING NON-PATENTABLE INVENTIONS, ALLOWING THE IMPORTATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF PATENTED MEDICINES, AND MODIFYING GOVERNMENT USE PROVISIONS FOR DRUGS OR MEDICINES, TO LOWER PRICES AND INCREASE ACCESS TO AND SUPPLY OF QUALITY DRUGS OR MEDICINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES |
| SHORT TITLE : "Cheaper Medicines Act of 2007" |
| ABSTRACT : "Cheaper Medicines Act of 2007". The bill allows generic drug manufacturers to begin experimentation, production and registration on patented drugs even before the expiration of the patents; disallows patent owners from extending patents on the basis of frivolous "new use" for existing substances; and allows the parallel importation by the government of patented drugs from countries that have lower priced counterparts of such drugs. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROXAS, JOSE ANTONIO F. |
| DATE FILED : 2007-07-31 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Ramiro (028 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: |
| 1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2007-09-11 |
| 2. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-19 |
| 3. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-20 |
| 4. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-24 |
| 5. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-25 |
| 6. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-26 |
| 7. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-27 |
| 8. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-28 |
| 9. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-01 |
| 10. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-02 |
| 11. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-03 |
| 12. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-05 |
| MOTHER BILL: HB02844 |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON 2007-08-13 |
Abstract
"Cheaper Medicines Act of 2007". The bill allows generic drug manufacturers to begin experimentation, production and registration on patented drugs even before the expiration of the patents; disallows patent owners from extending patents on the basis of frivolous "new use" for existing substances; and allows the parallel importation by the government of patented drugs from countries that have lower priced counterparts of such drugs.
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