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S 4338 117th Congress Senate Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Prescription drugs

Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act

Introduced: May 26, 2022 Introduced by: Hassan, Margaret Wood Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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May 26, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 26, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act

This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to inform generic drug applicants, upon request or during review, whether the drug is qualitatively and quantitatively the same as the listed brand-name drug (and if not, the reasons why).

What's happening now May 26, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7032 Related bill Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act of 2022
  • HR 7667 Related bill Food and Drug Amendments of 2022
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · May 26, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4338: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4338/
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"S. 4338: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4338/.
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S. 4338, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4338/.
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