S 2620 · 119th Congress

REMEDY Act

The REMEDY Act tackles a problem called 'evergreening'—when drug companies repeatedly tweak their medications to extend patent protections and delay cheaper generic versions from reaching patients. Right now, when a company files multiple patents for the same drug, they can use all of them to trigger a 30-month dela…

Sponsor

Durbin, Richard J. (D-Illinois)

Introduced

2025-07-31

Policy area

Health

Latest action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5000: 1)