Speeding Access to Already Approved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2113
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2017-04-20
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Europe

European Union

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Speeding Access to Already Approved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration to facilitate the development and expedite the review of a new drug, biological product, or medical device that has been approved in the European Union.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2113 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 20, 2017 Mr. Stivers (for himself and Mr. Ryan of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Food and Drug Administration to expedite review of pharmaceuticals that are approved for marketing in the European Union.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Speeding Access to Already Approved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2017 . 2. Expedited review of EU-approved pharmaceuticals Section 506 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 356 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) EU-Approved pharmaceuticals (1) Expedited review Beginning not later than 90 days after a new pharmaceutical is approved for marketing in the European Union, the Secretary shall, at the request of the sponsor of the pharmaceutical, facilitate the development and expedite the review of such new pharmaceutical under section 505 or 515 of this Act or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, as appropriate. (2) Definition In this subsection, the term pharmaceutical means a drug (including a biological product) or a device. .