BENEFIT Act of 2021
Summary
Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2021 or the BENEFIT Act of 2021 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider relevant patient-focused drug development data, such as data from patient preference studies and patient-reported outcome data, in the risk-benefit assessment framework used in the process for approving new drugs. After a new drug application has been approved, the FDA's public statement about how it used patient experience data shall include a description of how such data was considered in the risk-benefit assessment framework.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 23, 2021
Last action Feb 23, 2021
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Committee
1
Feb 23, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Roger F. Wicker
RRepublican
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Deb Fischer
RRepublican
Co
Susan M. Collins
RRepublican
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