II
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 526
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 16, 2023
Mr. Wicker (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To strengthen the use of patient-experience data within the benefit-risk framework for approval of new drugs.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2023
or the BENEFIT Act of 2023
.
Strengthening the use of patient-experience data within risk-benefit framework
Section 569C of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–8c) is amended—
in subsection (a)(1)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking ; and
and inserting a semicolon;
in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
as part of the risk-benefit assessment framework in the new drug approval process described in section 505(d), considering patient experience data submitted by the medical product sponsor or another party.
; and
in subsection (b)(1), by inserting , including a description of how such data and information were considered in the risk-benefit assessment described in section 505(d)
before the period at the end.
