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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>FDA Review of Efficacy of EERW Double-Blinds of Opioids Act or the FREED of Opioids Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take certain actions to determine whether to permit the use of a certain methodology for drug clinical trials.</p> <p>Specifically, the FDA must seek to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for the NAS to conduct a study on the effectiveness of using enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal methodology in demonstrating the efficacy of opioid drugs in treating chronic pain. </p> <p>The FDA must also convene a meeting of two specified FDA advisory committees to review the NAS study and vote on whether to permit the use of this methodology in drug clinical trials. </p>]]></text>
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