Australian Trade Minister Talks Biologics With Hatch, Urges Action In Lame Duck

Australia's trade minister, Steven Ciobo, said this week he is “cautiously optimistic” about the Trans-Pacific Partnership getting through the U.S. Congress in a post-election lame-duck session and cited “some really good meetings” with key members of Congress, including Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), on the market exclusivity period for biologic drugs. “I had some really good meetings with Senator Orrin Hatch and Chairman Kevin Brady, the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives,”...