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HR 3590 EAS/PP
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290b(c)(1)) is amended by
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adding at the end the following:
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``(E) The Cures Acceleration Network de-
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scribed in section 402C.''.
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(d) E
STABLISHMENT OF THE
C
URES
A
CCELERATION
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N
ETWORK
.--Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service
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Act is amended by inserting after section 402B (42 U.S.C.
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282b) the following:
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``SEC. 402C. CURES ACCELERATION NETWORK.
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``(a) D
EFINITIONS
.--In this section:
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``(1) B
IOLOGICAL PRODUCT
.--The term `biologi-
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cal product' has the meaning given such term in sec-
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tion 351 of the Public Health Service Act.
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``(2) D
RUG
;
DEVICE
.--The terms `drug' and `de-
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vice' have the meanings given such terms in section
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201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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``(3) H
IGH NEED CURE
.--The term `high need
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cure' means a drug (as that term is defined by section
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201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
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Act, biological product (as that term is defined by sec-
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tion 262(i)), or device (as that term is defined by sec-
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tion 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
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Act) that, in the determination of the Director of
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NIH--
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