More than 45 organizations, including the AHA, today encouraged members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to support the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act (S. 974), which the panel is expected to consider next week. The legislation would allow generic drug manufacturers facing certain anticompetitive delay tactics to bring an action in federal court for injunctive relief. “It is a highly-targeted remedy that will end the anticompetitive abuses utilized by some brand-name manufacturers, help restore the balance between innovation and affordability that Congress intended, and achieve the goal of more affordable prescription drugs,” the organizations said in a letter to committee leaders. “The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that enacting the CREATES Act would save $3.8 billion over 10 years. We sincerely thank you and your colleagues who have supported the CREATES Act, and we encourage all members of the Committee to vote in favor of the bill.” 

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