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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Adding Middle East Respiratory Syndrome to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act</b></p> This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add Middle East respiratory syndrome to the list of tropical diseases under the priority review voucher program, which awards a voucher to the sponsor of a new drug or biological product that is approved to prevent or treat a tropical disease. (A voucher entitles the holder to have a future new drug or biological product application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration within six months.)]]></text>
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