H.R. 1496 · 110th Congress
Beating Infections through Research and Development Act of 2007
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Beating Infections through Research and Development Act of 2007 - Sets forth circumstances under which the term of a patent may be extended for qualified infectious disease products.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 13, 2007
Beating Infections through Research and Development Act of 2007 - Sets forth circumstances under which the term of a patent may be extended for qualified infectious disease products.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate qualified infectious disease products as fast-track products for approval.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to expand and intensify efforts to assist small manufacturers to conduct end-stage clinical trials on qualified infectious disease products.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an infectious disease research credit and a qualified infectious disease products manufacturing facilities investment credit.
Establishes the Commission on Infectious Diseases Product Development to identify drug-resistant infectious pathogens that are a significant threat to public health and make recommendations to the Secretary on how best to address such pathogens.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to issue guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials with respect to antibiotic drugs.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Beating Infections through Research and Development Act of 2007
Latest action (Apr 20, 2007): Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 13, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.