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Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act

Introduced: January 12, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S191-192)
Jan 12, 2022
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Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act

This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue or revise guidance to address issues relating to extending drug expiration dates.

Specifically, the guidance must address recommendations to drug companies relating to (1) submitting stability testing data in applications for market approval for drugs or biological products; and (2) establishing on drug labels the longest feasible expiration date supported by such data, taking into consideration how extended expiration dates may help prevent or mitigate drug shortages.

The FDA must also periodically report to Congress certain information about requests to change the expiration date on a drug label, including the number of such requests from the FDA to the manufacturer and the rationale for each request.

What's happening now January 12, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S191-192)

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  • HR 7669 Related bill Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jan 12, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3493: Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3493/
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"S. 3493: Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3493/.
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S. 3493, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3493/.
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