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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 1638

Off-patent Drugs Bill

[As Introduced]
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This bill aims to help make offpatent medicines more affordable and accessible. Once a medicine's patent expires, other companies can make cheaper copies called generics. The bill likely contains measures to encourage this, reduce costs to patients and the NHS, or improve how these medicines are distributed and regulated in the UK.

Presented by Nick Thomas-Symonds.
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Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading24 Jun 2015
  • 2nd reading6 Nov 2015