Hatch Says Administration Has Pledged To 'Satisfy' Demand On Biologics In TPP Bill

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) this week said the Obama administration has promised to satisfy his demand of including 12 years of market exclusivity for biologics in the implementing bill for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but noted that he is waiting to receive that pledge in writing. “They said they'd satisfy me,” Hatch told Inside U.S. Trade on Sept. 15, when asked whether the administration has agreed to include a domestic market exclusivity period of 12 years in...