S. 3478: GAIN TOOLS Act of 2022
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S. 3478: GAIN TOOLS Act of 2022
117th Congress · introduced 2022-01-11 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2022-01-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
GAIN TOOLS Act of 2022
Plain summary
Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Through Opening Opportunities to Leverage Science Act of 2022 or the GAIN TOOLS Act of 2022 This bill expands the definition of a qualified infectious disease product (QIDP) to include eligible biological products. Under current law, the first application (or supplement) for a specific product and indication to be designated a QIDP shall receive priority review for market approval by the Food and Drug Administration. Generally, a biological product designated as a QIDP is one that acts on bacteria or fungi and is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening infection. However, a biological product with a QIDP designation shall not receive the market exclusivity extension currently available to drugs that receive the designation.
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Official text
GAIN TOOLS Act of 2022
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · 2 cosponsors
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Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s3478.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s3478 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117