Klobuchar, Grassley bill would ban 'pay-for-delay' deals

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced legislation Thursday to toughen laws against "pay-for-delay" deals, in which drug companies seek to block competition by paying their generic competitors.

The bipartisan Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act, first introduced by Klobuchar and Grassley in December under the previous Congress, is in line with the Trump administration’s initiatives to increase competition...