FREED of Opioids Act
Summary
FDA Review of Efficacy of EERW Double-Blinds of Opioids Act or the FREED of Opioids Act 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. 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. 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
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Introduced May 13, 2021
Last action May 13, 2021
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May 13, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
May 13, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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