Rising health care costs have for many years focused congressional attention upon the development and availability of prescription drugs. Recently, the presence of authorised generic pharmaceuticals in the drug marketplace has been the subject of congressional concern. An authorised generic is a pharmaceutical that is marketed by or on behalf of a brand-named drug company, but is sold under a generic name. The brand-name firm may distribute the drug under its own auspices or via a license to a generic drug company. The price of this authorised copy is ordinarily lower than that of the...