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Senate Bills - 108th Congress
Session I | Session II
S. 859Microbicides Development Act of 2003
On April 10, 2003, Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) introduced S. 859, the
Microbicides Development Act of 2003. Provisions would require the NIH Office of
AIDS Research to 1) expedite the development and implementation of a Federal
microbicide research strategic plan; 2) expand, intensify and coordinate the
relevant activities of appropriate NIH research components; and 3) prepare and
submit, within one year of enactment and biannually thereafter, a report to
Congress on Federal microbicide research implementation strategies. S. 859 also
would require the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectius
Diseases to establish a microbicide development branch within the Vaccine and
Prevention Research Program of its Division of AIDS. S. 859 was referred to the
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Legislative Update (April 2003):
Microbicide Development Act of 2003
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