The bill creates a process for approval of “biosimilars” or “follow-on biologics” while protecting patient health and safety, lowering health care costs, and providing adequate incentives for innovation. Representatives Eshoo and Inslee were the lead sponsors of two separate biosimilar bills during the 110th Congress, and now have one bill with Rep. Barton, ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, to bring congressional stakeholders and interested parties to bipartisan consensus with this joint legislation.
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