In Brief: Medical patents legislation
Executive Summary
Medical patents legislation: BIO will not oppose legislation introduced by Rep. Ganske (R-Iowa) and Sen. Frist (R-Tenn.) to ban medical procedure patents following an agreement on clarifying amendments with the American Medical Association and the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery ("The Pink Sheet" July 29, T&G-7). Ganske and Frist support agreement, although it is now being examined by Senate Judiciary Chairman Hatch (R-Utah), who has concerns about amending the patent code and the precedents such legislation could set. Ganske bill was added as an amendment to House Commerce Appropriations bill but deleted from the version of the bill pending before the Senate...