Senators Introduce Access to Affordable Medicines Act to Close Labeling Change "Loophole"; Companion Bill to Senate Drug Price Competition Act of 2009 Introduced in House
FDA Law Blog -- On October 14, 2009, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and David Vitter (R-LA) announced the introduction of S. 1778, the Access to Affordable Medicines Act. The bill would amend the FDC Act’s ANDA provisions at § 505(j) to add a new subsection stating that: