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S. 4378 117th Congress Senate

Hatch-Waxman Improvement Act of 2022

Official title: A bill to reauthorize a provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act pertaining to drugs containing single enantiomers.

Introduced: June 13, 2022 Introduced by: Roger Marshall Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 13, 2022
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 Latest action June 13, 2022

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hatch-Waxman Improvement Act of 2022

This bill extends through FY2026 provisions that establish a period of market exclusivity for certain new drugs with single enantiomers (i.e., one of a pair of molecules that are mirror images of one another).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4378: Hatch-Waxman Improvement Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4378/
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"S. 4378: Hatch-Waxman Improvement Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4378/.
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S. 4378, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4378/.
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