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<title>Efficiency and Transparency in Petitions Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s660v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-09-13">
<action-date>2019-03-05</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Efficiency and Transparency in Petitions Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires a petition regarding a pending generic drug or biological product application to be submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)within one year of when the petitioner discovers the issue that is the basis for the petition.</p> <p>The FDA may grant a waiver of the one-year deadline.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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