Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Priority Review To Encourage Treatments For Tropical Diseases

Priority Review To Encourage Treatments For Tropical Diseases

  • The priority review voucher rewards the developer of a treatment for a neglected disease with a transferable right to priority review for another treatment at the FDA.

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