S. 526 · 118th Congress · Senate

BENEFIT Act of 2023

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced
Feb 16, 23
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2023 or the BENEFIT Act of 2023

This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider relevant patient experience 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.

Action Timeline

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  1. FEB 16, 2023IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. FEB 16, 2023IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Referred: Feb 16, 2023

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