Vaccines for the Future Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1391
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Child health
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Epidemics
Families
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health planning
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Infant mortality
Infants
Intellectual property
Malaria
Mortality
Negotiations
Orphan drugs
Pharmaceutical research
Pneumonia
Preventive medicine
Public-private partnerships
Science, Technology, Communications
Tuberculosis
Vaccines
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Vaccines for the Future Act of 2007- Directs the President to establish a strategy to accelerate efforts to develop vaccines and microbicides for neglected diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, which shall: (1) expand public-private partnerships; (2) create economic incentives for such vaccines' research, development, and manufacturing; (3) include the negotiation of advanced market commitments; (4) address related intellectual property and regulatory approval issues; (5) maximize U.S. capabilities to support clinical trials in developing countries; (6) expand the purchase and delivery of existing vaccines; and (7) address the challenges of advance delivery of vaccines in developing countries. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into negotiations with the World Bank, the International Development Association, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, and other interested parties to establish advanced market commitments to purchase such vaccines and microbicides. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House