On April 7, 2016, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) questioned NIH Director Francis Collins on the use of Bayh-Dole Act march-in rights with regard to NIH grant-funded high priced drugs. Collins mentioned the Xtandi march-in request, and expressed concerns over the negative consequences of using the public's rights in NIH-funded patents to curb high drug prices. Durbin disagreed.
Hearing on FY2017 National Institutes of Health Budget Request, before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building 138
More on the Xtandi case at http://keionline.org/xtandi
Full hearing is available here: http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/...