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Prize Fund for HIV/AIDS Act (view source)
Revision as of 16:01, 19 February 2016
, 16:01, 19 February 2016New page: ==Summary== S. 1138, Prize Fund for HIV/AIDS Act, was proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 112th session of Congress. The bill sought to change the current patent system for drugs t...
==Summary==
S. 1138, Prize Fund for HIV/AIDS Act, was proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 112th session of Congress. The bill sought to change the current patent system for drugs treating AIDS to a prize system where the inventor would receive a lump sum payment for discovering a drug, and then void any claim on a paten for the drug. The bill died in Congress, and was re-introduced as S. 626 in the 113th Congressional session[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s626].
==Provisions==
S. 1138, Prize Fund for HIV/AIDS Act, was proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 112th session of Congress. The bill sought to change the current patent system for drugs treating AIDS to a prize system where the inventor would receive a lump sum payment for discovering a drug, and then void any claim on a paten for the drug. The bill died in Congress, and was re-introduced as S. 626 in the 113th Congressional session[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s626].
==Provisions==