HR4408-118

Introduced

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 30, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H59AD3226EBB34006ABE7FBBCDDF1423E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promising Pathway Act.
  • Section HF3C2BC2D9DF349A5B859DB03DDE53ADB: 2. Provisional approval of new human drugs Subchapter A of chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by adding...
  • Section HBAF1267584AD4DDCB18D0D4FD1CA8C2A: 524C. Provisional approval of new human drugs The Secretary shall establish a priority review system to evaluate applications submitted under this section for...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 30, 2023

Mr. Gallagher (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Swalwell, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"scientifically substantiated surrogates" §HBAF1267584AD4DDCB18D0D4FD1CA8C2A

surrogate endpoints to predict clinical benefit other than such endpoints previously validated by the Secretary, based on— epidemiologic, therapeutic, pathophysiologic, or other evidence

"scientifically substantiated surrogates" §HF3C2BC2D9DF349A5B859DB03DDE53ADB

surrogate endpoints to predict clinical benefit other than such endpoints previously validated by the Secretary, based on— epidemiologic, therapeutic, pathophysiologic, or other evidence

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