WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Clinical trials

H.R. 1014, The Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act - Cost per Average Family: $1.65

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1014 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women....

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H.R. 6568, The Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.15

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6568 would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension....

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P.L. 110-392, The Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $12.30

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1532 would amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis....

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S. 3409, The Drug and Device Accountability Act of 2008

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3409 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety and quality of medical products and enhance the authorities of the Food and Drug Administration....

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P.L. 110-316, The Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.79

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6432 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program....

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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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H.R. 6270, The ACCESS Act

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6270 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new conditional approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients....

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H.R. 6203, The Cure and Understanding through Research for Alzheimer's Act of 2008

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6203 would amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, and it would authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations)....

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S. 3092, The CURA Act of 2008

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3092 would amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, and it would authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations)....

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S. 3046, The ACCESS Act

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3046 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new conditional approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients....

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P.L. 110-285, The Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.09

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1553 would amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers....

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H.R. 6047, The Early Access to Treatment Act

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6047 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to mandate early access by desperately ill patients to treatment use of new drugs under clinical investigation for a serious or immediately life-threatening disease condition for whom no comparable or satisfactory drug or other therapy is available....

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S. 2999, The Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2999 would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials....

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S. 2988, The Accelerating Cures Act of 2008

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2988 would amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public and private research efforts to develop new tools and therapies that prevent, detect, and cure diseases....

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S. 2983, The Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2983 would amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities....

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S. 2863, The Ethical Stem Cell Research Tax Credit Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2863 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures....

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P.L. 110-204, The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $2.07

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1858 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, and it would reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act....

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H.R. 3825, The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.84

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3825 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, and it would reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act....

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H.R. 5605, The Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2008

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5605 would amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under Medicare, Medicaid, or SCHIP....

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H.R. 5629, The Pathway for Biosimilars Act

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5629 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products....

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H.R. 5468, Nino's Act

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5468 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage of drugs prescribed for certain research study child participants....

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S. 2629, Nino's Act

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2629 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage of drugs prescribed for certain research study child participants....

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S. 2569, The Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2569 would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer....

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S. 911, The Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.15

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 911 would amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers....

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H.R. 20, The Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.17

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 20 would provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis....

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