Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1873
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-12
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Government information and archives

Health personnel

Licensing and registrations

Medical education

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021</b></p> <p>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.)<br> <br> The FDA may also maintain and operate a website to provide educational materials about biological products.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1873 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2021 Mr. Bucshon (for himself and Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To educate health care providers and the public on biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021 . 2. Education on biological products Subpart 1 of part F of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 262 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 352A. Education on biological products (a) Internet website (1) In general The Secretary may maintain and operate an internet website to provide educational materials for health care providers, patients, and caregivers, regarding the meaning of the terms, and the standards for review and licensing of, biological products, including biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biosimilar biological products. (2) Content Educational materials provided under paragraph (1) may include— (A) explanations of key statutory and regulatory terms, including biosimilar and interchangeable , and clarification regarding the use of interchangeable biosimilar biological products; (B) information related to development programs for biological products, including biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biosimilar biological products and relevant clinical considerations for prescribers, which may include, as appropriate and applicable, information related to the comparability of such biological products; (C) an explanation of the process for reporting adverse events for biological products, including biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biosimilar biological products; and (D) an explanation of the relationship between biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biosimilar biological products licensed under section 351(k) and reference products (as defined in section 351(i)), including the standards for review and licensing of each such type of biological product. (3) Format The educational materials provided under paragraph (1) may be— (A) in formats such as webinars, continuing education modules, videos, fact sheets, infographics, stakeholder toolkits, or other formats as appropriate and applicable; and (B) tailored for the unique needs of health care providers, patients, caregivers, and other audiences, as the Secretary determines appropriate. (4) Other information In addition to the information described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall continue to publish— (A) the action package of each biological product licensed under subsection (a) or (k) of section 351; or (B) the summary review of each biological product licensed under subsection (a) or (k) of section 351. (5) Confidential and trade secret information This subsection does not authorize the disclosure of any trade secret, confidential commercial or financial information, or other matter described in section 552(b) of title 5. (b) Continuing education The Secretary shall advance education and awareness among health care providers regarding biological products, including biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biosimilar biological products, as appropriate, including by developing or improving continuing education programs that advance the education of such providers on the prescribing of, and relevant clinical considerations with respect to, biological products, including biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biosimilar biological products. .