Organ transplant bill
Executive Summary
House Energy & Commerce Cmte. passed on May 9 legislation (HR 4474) authorizing federal purchase in fiscal 1985-1986 of $30 mil. of immunosuppressive drugs. Legislation primarily affects Sandoz' Sandimmune (cyclosporine). The bill, which provides that the drugs be distributed through transplant centers to needy outpatients, passed the Health Subcmte. May 1 ("The Pink Sheet" May 7, T&G-5).