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| https://www.tillis.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=6DF58395-8408-44C3-A2D1-ECE89505D58A | Tillis Introduces Legislation Incentivizing Biotech Companies to Keep Creating Life-Saving Treatments | 2018-12-12 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Republican | House | NC | Thom Tillis | T000476 | www.tillis.senate.gov | legacy | Press Releases Home News Press Releases WASHINGTON, D.C.Yesterday,SenatorThom Tillis (R-NC), SenatorOrrin Hatch (R-UT), andRepresentative Bill Flores (R-TX)introduced theHatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018in the Senate and House of Representatives. The legislation would help ensure that alternative procedures for challenging drug patents do not tilt the playing field contrary toHatch-Waxman's design and make sure that drug manufacturers have the proper incentives tocontinuedevelopinglife-saving medications.The biotechnology and life sciences industry undertakes tremendous risk and costs to develop new,life-savingdrugs, with the vast majority of products never making it to the market at great expense to the manufacturer.These drugs save millions of lives every year and are a critical component of our nation's healthcare system.While it is important to call out bad actors who price gouge, we must allow sufficient time and balance so companies can continue to develop life-saving drugs and help people with the countless illnesses and diseases that affect millions of Americans,said Senator Tillis.The Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018 willrestorea proper balance in the marketso thatcompanieswill continue to spend billions of dollarsto develop life-savingand life-alteringtreatments. I want to thank Senator Hatch for his leadership on this issue and I look forward to building supportfor this billwithin the Senate.As the coauthor and namesake ofHatch-Waxman, I have a keen interest in ensuring we have a well-functioning generic drug industry,said Senator Hatch. This means making sure that generic companies are able to develop drugs while also ensuring that brand companies have sufficient protections in place to recoup their investments.Hatch-Waxmanstruck a careful balance that achieved these goals and in doing so helped to create the modern generic drug industry. TheHatch-Waxman Integrity Act,which I'm pleased to be introducing today with Senator Tillis and Representative Flores, will help preserve that careful balance going by ensuring that newer, alternative procedures for challenging drug patents do not give one side an unintended advantage.The Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act ensures that America remains a leader in developing life-saving and accessible therapies, cures and treatments for patients,said Representative Flores.It restores an effective balance between the interests of brand-name and generic drug manufacturers so that innovation and competition will continue to flourish. It is fulfilling to work withSenators Hatch and Tillisto modernize the Hatch-Waxman Act so that hardworking American families continue to benefit from health care innovation.BackgroundTheHatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018would require a generic manufacturer wishing to challenge a brand-name drug patent to choose between theHatch-Waxmanframework, which affords certain advantages such as being able to rely on the drug innovator's safety and efficacy studies for FDA approval, andinter partes review, or IPR, which is cheaper and faster thanHatch-Waxmanlitigation but does not provide the advantages of a streamlined generic approval process. The bill would apply similarly to patents on biologics.The bill would preserveHatch-Waxmanas the standard path for generic manufacturers to challenge brand patents, while keeping IPR as an option where other interests come into play. It would not have any impact on the use of IPR by the tech community.A copy of the bill text is available [here]. A detailed summary of the bill is available [here]. ### 185 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-6342 Fax: (202) 228-2563 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 170 Charlotte, NC 28269 Phone: (704) 509-9087 Fax: (704) 509-9162 1694 E. Arlington Blvd Suite B Greenville, NC 27858 Phone: (252) 329-0371 Fax: (252) 329-0290 *Field Office - By Appointment Only 1 Historic Courthouse Square Suite 112 Hendersonville, NC 28792 Phone: (828) 693-8750 Fax: (828) 693-9724 *Field Office - By Appointment Only 1840 Eastchester Drive, Suite 200 High Point, NC 27265 Phone: (336) 885-0685 Fax: (336) 885-0692 310 New Bern Avenue Suite 122 Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: (919) 856-4630 Fax: (919) 856-4053 | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |