A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the designation of biosimilar biological products as interchangeable.
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To President
Became law
May 10, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 10, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to report on its designation of biosimilars as interchangeable, including the applicable standards, authorities, evidence, and other factors involved in such designations. (Biosimilars that are designated as interchangeable may be substituted for the reference product at a pharmacy without a new prescription, depending on state pharmacy laws.)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1522: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the designation of biosimilar biological products as interchangeable.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1522/
"S. 1522: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the designation of biosimilar biological products as interchangeable.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1522/.
S. 1522, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1522/.
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