Month: April 2009

  •     By Kevin E. Noonan — Senator Leahy (D-VT) (at right), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has circulated several amendments to be proposed to reflect the "compromise" he hopes to have reached with Senators Specter (R-PA) and Feinstein (D-CA) over S. 515, his "patent reform" bill.  While there are several minor amendments among them,…

  •     By Donald Zuhn — Last Thursday, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) (at right) introduced the Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (S. 726), the first follow-on biologics bill to be introduced in the Senate and third follow-on biologics bill to be introduced in the 111th Congress.  The new bill is the Senate companion…