What it is
Bill to make drug price information public
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 27 May 2025. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Mixto.
Official title: Private member's bill on Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Market.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000198· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill would remove the rule that keeps secret the information the Administration obtains when negotiating with pharmaceutical companies. That rule is in Article 97.3 of Royal Legislative Decree 1/2015.
- The bill would amend that article so that information the Administration obtains about medicines would be accessible to all citizens.
- If passed, the rule would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).
Words worth knowing
- Proposición de ley
- A bill introduced by a parliamentary group. It is not a law until it is passed.
- Texto refundido
- A consolidated text: one single, ordered version of a law that includes all its amendments.
- Organización Mundial de la Salud
- World Health Organization, the international body that coordinates public health matters.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.
- Introduced27 May 2025Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted10 June 2025The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
- Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
- Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
What happens next
What happens now?
The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.
It has not been presented again yet.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000198
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, procedure
The date of each step, with its official wording.
Retrieved 12 November 2026
- The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
- Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
- We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.