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        <text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises programs that support research and development of drugs and other therapies to address&nbsp;amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and other neurodegenerative diseases.</p><p>The bill reauthorizes</p><ul><li>grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for scientific research on investigational drugs to prevent or treat ALS for individuals not otherwise eligible for clinical trials,</li><li>grants from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for research and development of therapies to prevent and treat ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases, and</li><li>a Public-Private Partnership including the FDA and NIH that supports development and regulatory review of treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Also, the bill revises the NIH grants to require (1) the NIH, in considering grant renewal, to assess available information on the safety and efficacy of the investigational drugs; (2) grantees to promptly report available safety data from ongoing clinical trials; and (3) the NIH to determine the timeframe for enrollment in clinical trials for the investigational drugs.</p><p>Additionally, every five years, the FDA must publish a plan describing actions it will take over a five-year period to foster development of safe and effective drugs, and facilitate access to&nbsp;investigational drugs, for ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases. Each plan must include the FDA's previous actions and recommendations for improvements.</p><p>Finally, the Government Accountability Office and the Department of Health and Human Services must report on the impacts of these grants.&nbsp;</p>]]></text>
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