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# House Committee Approves Bill to Incentivize Medical Countermeasures
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/house-committee-approves-bill-to-incentivize-medical-countermeasures/
- Published: 2016-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T21:14:50.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5136197

The House Energy & Commerce Committee has voted out a bill that would establish a new priority review program that would award a voucher to sponsors that develop a “material threat medical countermeasure” product. The voucher would entitle the holder to a priority review for a future NDA submission. The Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2015 ([H.R. 3299](http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20160712/105227/BILLS-114-3299-U000031-Amdt-1.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com)) would:

- Examine state and local preparedness efforts to examine how communities can be strengthened.
- Incentivize research to combat the next generation of deadly diseases, ensuring that private investment is available for cutting-edge research on medical countermeasures.
- Require post approval reports for medical countermeasure products to monitor the procurement process.
- Call for a GAO study examining the impact of the priority review voucher products and how it is improving our national preparedness.