S. 1681 · 116th Congress
Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2019
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- Senate Introduced May 23, 2019
- Senate Passed Dec 17, 2020
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance education and awareness among health care providers about biological products as appropriate, including by developing or improving continuing education programs that address the prescribing of biological products and biosimilars.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate · Dec 17, 2020
Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2020
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance education and awareness among health care providers about biological products as appropriate, including by developing or improving continuing education programs that address the prescribing of biological products and biosimilars. (A biosimilar is a biological product that is highly similar to an FDA-approved reference biological product and has no clinically meaningful differences from that reference product.)
The FDA may also maintain and operate a website to provide educational materials about biological products.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2020
Latest action (Dec 18, 2020): Held at the desk.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 23, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced May 23, 2019
- Senate Passed Dec 17, 2020
No recorded floor vote found.