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S. 1067 118th Congress Senate

Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to citizen petitions.

Introduced: March 29, 2023 Introduced by: Jeanne Shaheen Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
Health Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationPrescription drugs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 22, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 107.
Jun 22, 2023
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 11, 2023
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 29, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 29, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 22, 2023

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 107.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023

This bill establishes additional requirements related to citizen petitions concerning applications for generic drug or biosimilar market approval. (Citizen petitions are petitions submitted by third parties requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) take certain actions, such as requiring additional warnings on a drug.)

Under the bill, the FDA may deny a citizen petition that (1) was submitted primarily to delay the approval of the relevant application, or (2) does not on its face raise valid scientific or regulatory issues. Currently, the FDA may deny a petition as an attempt at delay only if the petition meets both of these requirements.

The bill also expressly requires a third party, before filing a lawsuit to force the FDA to set aside or prevent market approval of a generic drug or biosimilar, to first file a citizen petition with the information and arguments that form the basis of the lawsuit. A citizen petition must be filed within 60 days of when the filer knew or reasonably should have known the information that forms the basis of the petition.

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 Lobbying activity 26

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 29, 2023
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Mar 29, 2023
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 29, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1067/
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"S. 1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1067/.
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