But regulators at the FTC have taken a different view, saying that such payments dilute the purpose of the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984.
Thanks to the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984, the United States has the most efficient generic pharmaceutical market in the world.
Some come from exploiting loopholes in the Hatch-Waxman act, which regulates the marketing of copycat drugs.
The whole controversy arises from the Hatch-Waxman Act, a 1984 law in which Congress cleverly shoved the question of whether generics could compete with entrenched patentholders in front of the courts.
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In January, Hatch tried again, introducing the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2007 (S. 1150), along with Sen.
As of that date, Clinton became subject to a federal law known as the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from personally soliciting or accepting political contributions.
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said they would act on the proposal very quickly.
One example of such reform is the bipartisan Immigration Innovation Act introduced on January 29 by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.).
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Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California, who co-wrote the Hatch-Waxman Act, has been very vocal in arguing that a law Congress intended to help reduce the cost of prescription medicines has been hijacked by the drug industry to do the opposite.
In fact, one federal law, the Hatch Act, explicitly prohibits civil service workers from making such donations, the idea being to shield them from the politics of patronage.
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