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Requires Drug Patent Disclosure to FDA
Recent Bills/Requires Drug Patent Disclosure to FDA

Requires Drug Patent Disclosure to FDA

IntroducedAugust 1, 2025
In Senate3 months ago
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Senate
House
Pres
Waiting for a House floor vote.
It has cleared committee and can be brought up at any time, though no date is set.
HealthDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationInflation and pricesIntellectual propertyManufacturingPrescription drugs
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Why This Matters

This bill requires drug companies to share detailed patent information with the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when applying for drug approval.

If you work in the pharmaceutical industry, this bill requires you to disclose patent information to both the FDA and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Who this affects
Pharmaceutical companies · Patent holders
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1This bill requires drug applicants to submit patent information to both the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  2. 2Applicants must certify that the information they provide is complete and consistent between both agencies.
  3. 3The bill creates a defense against patent infringement if a patent owner fails to disclose required information.
Read the detailed summary

Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act This bill requires applicants seeking approval of a drug or licensure of a biological product to submit certain information about relevant patents to both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Specifically, the bill requires applicants to make certifications and disclosures related to each applicable patent on a proposed drug or biological product. An applicable patent is a patent or patent application held or sought by the applicant for the drug or biological product (including a formulation or composition, method of use, or method of manufacturing). For each applicable patent, an applicant must submit to the USPTO any information material to patentability that the applicant submitted to the FDA and any information provided by the FDA in response. The applicant must certify that this submission is complete and consistent with the information the applicant provided to the FDA. Further, for each applicable patent, an applicant must certify that certain information submitted to the FDA is consistent with information the applicant provided to the USPTO. This is specific to statements or characterizations that are material to patentability and related to (1) an applicable patent (including a statement or characterization of relevant publicly known information), or (2) analytical data included in a new drug or biological product application. The bill establishes a defense to a patent infringement action if the owner of an applicable patent negligently or intentionally failed to make the disclosures required by these provisions.

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Senate
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IntroducedAug 1, 2025
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Senate
HouseCurrent

Waiting for a House floor vote.

It has cleared committee and can be brought up at any time, though no date is set.

President

The President

Donald Trump
President
Awaiting Vote
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