S. 2295: Patient Safety and Generic Labeling Improvement Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-04-18 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2498)

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Where it came from: introduced 2012-04-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2498) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Patient Safety and Generic Labeling Improvement Act

Plain summary

Patient Safety and Generic Labeling Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the holder of an approved abbreviated new drug application (generic drug approval) to change the labeling of a drug so approved in the same manner authorized by regulation for the holder of an approved new drug application. Allows conforming changes to be ordered to the labeling of the equivalent listed drug and each drug approved under the abbreviated new drug application process that corresponds to such listed drug.

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Official text

Patient Safety and Generic Labeling Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · 7 cosponsors

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Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s2295.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>

Record fed-us-cong112-s2295 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112