S 373 United States Senate · 117th Congress

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
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Feb 2021
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Introduced Feb 23, 2021 Last action Feb 23, 2021
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Feb 23, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Feb 23, 2021
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