HR-6973 : Still Just a Bill


Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022

This bill specifies that the Food and Drug Administration may approve generic drugs with different labels than the brand-name versions if, among other requirements, the brand-name drug is subject to an active patent or exclusivity period and a revised label for the brand-name drug is approved within 90 days (rather than 60 days) of the expiration of the patent or exclusivity period.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2022-03-09CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2022-03-08IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.House floor actions
2022-03-08IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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