3.0.0 2299 2019-11-15T21:18:34Z 2019-11-15T21:18:34Z House H HR 2005-05-11 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-23T15:33:47Z Referred to 2005-05-11T14:01:05Z 2005-05-23 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-05-11 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 N Health Administrative procedure Communication in medicine Department of Health and Human Services Drug approvals Federal preemption Generic drugs Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Law Local laws State laws Health 00 2005-05-11 Introduced in House 2005-06-21T19:44:52Z Generic Drugs Access Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include in an approval of an abbreviated application for a new drug a finding about whether the approved drug is the therapeutic equivalent of the previously approved or listed drug involved. Sets forth criteria for a drug to be established as therapeutically equivalent.

Prohibits a state or its political subdivision from establishing or continuing any requirement that does not conform to the therapeutic equivalence requirement of this Act.

]]> Generic Drugs Access Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Generic Drugs Access Act of 2005 Display Title Generic Drugs Access Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for generic drugs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2299ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2299ih.xml 2005-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.