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118th Congress Health

S. 526: BENEFIT Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 16, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Feb 16, 2023

This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider relevant patient experience data in the risk-benefit assessment framework used in the process for approving new drugs.

After a new drug application has been approved, the FDA's public statement about how it used patient experience data shall include a description of how such data was considered in the risk-benefit assessment framework.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

5

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Roger Wicker R-MS SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. Feb 16, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Roger Wicker.
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  1. Feb 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 16, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.