SEN. OSSOFF WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE TO LOWER PRICE OF MEDICINE FOR GEORGIA FAMILIES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to lower the price of life-saving medicine.

Sen. Ossoff recently cosponsored the bipartisanBiosimilar Red Tape Elimination Actto eliminate outdated regulations that often raise the price of critical medications for Georgia families.

The bill, first introduced by Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), would streamline access to biosimilars, which are the "generic" versions of a class of medicine known as biologics. Under current law, even if a biosimilar is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), additional time-consuming studies are needed for it be deemed "interchangeable....