S. 4288

Reducing Animal Testing Act

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117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 4288

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 19 (legislative day, May 17), 2022

Mr. Luján introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to use alternative testing methods to animal testing to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a biological product.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reducing Animal Testing Act.

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New approach methodologies

Item (bb) of section 351(k)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(k)(2)(A)(i)(I)) is amended to read as follows:

(bb)

an assessment of toxicity (which may rely on, or consist of, a study or studies described in item (aa) or (cc)); and

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