[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5158 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5158

    To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the 
  approval of combination products consisting of a generic drug and a 
                    device, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 2025

 Ms. Scholten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the 
  approval of combination products consisting of a generic drug and a 
                    device, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Price Device Act''.

SEC. 2. GENERIC DRUGS FOR USE WITH DEVICES.

    Section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (v)--
                            (i) by striking ``except for changes 
                        required because of differences'' and inserting 
                        ``except for changes required or appropriate, 
                        as determined by the Secretary, because of 
                        differences''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, including changes as 
                        a result of differences that are otherwise 
                        permitted under this subsection, such as 
                        changes as a result of appropriate differences 
                        in the device for use with the new drug'' 
                        before the semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (vii), by striking the ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in clause (viii) by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and'';
                    (D) by inserting after clause (viii) the following 
                new clause:
            ``(ix) if the listed drug referred to in clause (i) is 
        intended for use with a device, relevant information as 
        determined by the Secretary to support that the new drug for 
        use with the device can be expected to have the same clinical 
        effect and safety profile as the listed drug for use with the 
        device when administered to patients under the conditions 
        specified in the labeling of the drug, which information--
                    ``(I) shall be in addition to information under 
                clauses (i) through (viii) that is relevant, as 
                determined by the Secretary, to the evaluation of the 
                new drug for use with the device and the device 
                proposed for use with the new drug; and
                    ``(II) may include--
                            ``(aa) information (comparative and non-
                        comparative) regarding the device and its 
                        performance, including information about the 
                        compatibility of the new drug with the device 
                        and information regarding the delivery of the 
                        new drug when used with the device;
                            ``(bb) comparative analyses of the new drug 
                        for use with the device and the listed drug for 
                        use with its device, including information 
                        identifying any differences between the user 
                        interface of the new drug and listed drug; 
                        information identifying any differences between 
                        the user interface of the device proposed for 
                        use with the new drug and the device used with 
                        the listed drug; and information to show that, 
                        despite any such differences, the new drug when 
                        used with the device can be expected to have 
                        the same clinical effect and safety profile as 
                        the listed drug when used with the device when 
                        administered to patients under the conditions 
                        specified in the labeling of the drug; and
                            ``(cc) comparative and non-comparative 
                        human factors studies.''; and
                    (E) in the matter following clause (ix), as 
                inserted by subparagraph (D), by striking ``through 
                (viii)'' and inserting ``through (ix)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (G)--
                            (i) by striking ``except for changes 
                        required because of differences'' and inserting 
                        ``except for changes required or appropriate, 
                        as determined by the Secretary, because of 
                        differences''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, including changes as 
                        a result of differences that are otherwise 
                        permitted under this subsection, such as 
                        changes as a result of appropriate differences 
                        in the device for use with the new drug'' 
                        before the semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) through (K) 
                as subparagraphs (K) through (L); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
                following:
            ``(J) if the listed drug is intended for use with a device, 
        information submitted in the application is insufficient to 
        show that the new drug for use with the device can be expected 
        to have the same clinical effect and safety profile as the 
        listed drug for use with the device when administered to 
        patients under the conditions specified in the labeling of the 
        drug;''.
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