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`AMENDMENT NO.llll
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`Purpose: To prevent the inter partes review process for chal-
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`IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES—115th Cong., 2d Sess.
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`S. 974
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`To promote competition in the market for drugs and biologi-
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`cost generic and biosimilar versions of those drugs and
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`AMENDMENT intended to be proposed by Mr. HATCH
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`After section 4, add the following:
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`SEC. 5. PREVENTING THE INTER PARTES REVIEW PROCESS
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`FOR CHALLENGING PATENTS FROM DIMIN-
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`CEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND WITH RESPECT TO
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`DRUG INNOVATION; PREVENTING THE MA-
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`PARTES REVIEW.
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`(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
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`‘‘Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018’’.
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`Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc. v. Celgene Corp.
`IPR2018-01504
`Exhibit 2030, Page 1
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`(b) BRAND NAME DRUGS.—Section 505(b)(2) of the
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`Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
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`355(b)(2)) is amended—
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`(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
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`at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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`(3) by adding at the end the following:
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`‘‘(C) in each certification required under sub-
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`paragraph (A) with respect to a patent, a certifi-
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`cation that—
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`‘‘(i) neither the applicant nor any party in
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`privity with the applicant has filed, or will file,
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`a petition to institute inter partes review or
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`post-grant review of that patent under chapter
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`31 or 32, respectively, of title 35, United States
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`Code; and
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`‘‘(ii) in making the certification required
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`under subparagraph (A), the applicant is not
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`relying in whole or in part on any decision
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`issued by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in
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`an inter partes review or post-grant review
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`United States Code.’’.
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`Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc. v. Celgene Corp.
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`(c) GENERIC DRUGS.—Section 505(j)(2)(A) of the
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`Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
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`355(j)(2)(A)) is amended—
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`(1) in clause (vii)(IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
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`end;
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`(2) in clause (viii), by striking the period at the
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`end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
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`(3) by inserting after clause (viii), as amended
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`by paragraph (2), the following:
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`‘‘(ix) in each certification required under
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`clause (vii) with respect to a patent, a certifi-
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`cation that—
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`‘‘(I) neither the applicant nor any
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`party in privity with the applicant has
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`filed, or will file, a petition to institute
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`inter partes review or post-grant review of
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`that patent under chapter 31 or 32, re-
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`spectively, of title 35, United States Code;
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`and
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`‘‘(II) in making the certification re-
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`quired under clause (vii), the applicant is
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`not relying in whole or in part on any deci-
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`grant review under chapter 31 or 32, re-
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`Exhibit 2030, Page 3
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`spectively, of
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`title 35, United States
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`(4) in the flush text following clause (ix), as
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`added by paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(viii)’’ and in-
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`(d) BIOSIMILAR DRUGS; EVALUATION BY THE SEC-
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`RETARY.—Section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act
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`(42 U.S.C. 262(k)) is amended—
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`(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
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`the end;
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`(B) in subclause (II), by striking the pe-
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`(C) by adding at the end the following:
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`‘‘(III) with respect to any patent
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`that is, or that could be, included on
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`a list of patents under subsection
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`(l)(3)(A)(i), shall
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`include a certifi-
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`cation that neither the applicant nor
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`any party in privity with the applicant
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`has filed, or will file, a petition to in-
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`stitute inter partes review or post-
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`grant review of that patent under
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`chapter 31 or 32, respectively, of title
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`(2) in paragraph (3)—
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`(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking
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`(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
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`period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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`(C) by adding at the end the following:
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`‘‘(C) the Secretary determines that the ap-
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`under paragraph (2)(A)(iii).’’.
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`(e) PREVENTING THE MANIPULATIVE AND DECEP-
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`TIVE USE OF INTER PARTES REVIEW.—Section 10(b) of
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`the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78j(b))
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`is amended—
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`(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and
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`(2) by adding at the end the following:
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`‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a person shall
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`be considered to be using a manipulative or deceptive de-
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`vice if—
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`‘‘(A) the person, or an affiliate of the person,
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`files a petition to institute an inter partes review
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`under chapter 31 of title 35, United States Code,
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`with respect to a patent; and
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`‘‘(B) the person, or an affiliate of the person,
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`during the 180-day period beginning on the date
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`that is 90 days before the date on which the person
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`files the petition described in subparagraph (A), en-
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`gages in a short sale of any publicly traded security
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`Exhibit 2030, Page 6
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