Bill116th CongressFiled Dec 19, 2019Health
H.R. 5497
Conditional Approval Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 19, 2019)
Conditional Approval Act
This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to conditionally approve certain new drugs intended for diseases that are seriously debilitating, life threatening, or chronic, and for which meaningful treatments do not exist. The bill also limits liability related to these conditionally approved drugs.What just happenedDec 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4](R-AR)Sponsor
2 cosponsors2 R
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- Introduced in HouseDec 19, 2019
- Dec 20, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Introduced in House
- Dec 19, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House