[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 3151 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3151

   To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
                       priority review vouchers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2008

  Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Brownback) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
                       priority review vouchers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS REGARDING PRIORITY REVIEW VOUCHERS.

    Section 524(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 360n(b)) is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Transferability.--Priority review vouchers shall be 
        transferrable (including by sale). Entities eligible to 
        participate in such transfers include sponsors of a human drug 
        application under section 505(b)(1) or section 351 of the 
        Public Health Service Act.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) No effect on pending review.--A priority 
                review voucher may not be redeemed to affect the review 
                of a pending human drug application under section 
                505(b)(1) or section 351 of the Public Health Service 
                Act.''.
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