A bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling.
United States116th CongressS-1897Senate
Latest legislative activity: Jun 19, 2019
Summary
Official Summary
This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require updates to outdated labels for certain generic drugs if the updates will provide a public health benefit. Generally, the FDA may use this authority to update the label of a generic version of a brand-name drug that has been withdrawn from the market for reasons other than safety or effectiveness.
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Timeline
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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