The priority review voucher is a prize awarded in the United States to the developer of a treatment for neglected diseases. The prize was proposed by Duke University faculty David Ridley, Henry Grabowski, and Jeffrey Moe in their 2006 Health Affairs paper: "Developing Drugs for Developing Countries." In 2007 Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sponsored an amendment to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Amendments Act of 2007. President George W. Bush signed the bill in September 2007.
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