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S. 1778: Access to Affordable Medicines Act

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S. 1778: Access to Affordable Medicines Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-14 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-10-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Access to Affordable Medicines Act

Plain summary

Access to Affordable Medicines Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that an application for a generic drug the proposed labeling of which is different from the labeling at the time the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) evaluates the application shall be eligible for approval (and such drug shall not be considered misbranded) if: (1) the revision has been approved by the Secretary within 60 days of the expiration of the patent or exclusivity period for the drug; (2) the Secretary has not determined the applicable labeling text when such period expires; (3) the labeling revision does not include a change to the warnings section; (4) the Secretary does not deem that the continued presence in commerce of the labeling before the revision adversely impacts the safe use of the drug; and (5) the sponsor of the application agrees to submit revised labeling not later than 60 days after the notification of any changes required by the Secretary.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Access to Affordable Medicines Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · 2 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] reported raising $176,810 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-s1778 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111