Senate Bills - 109th Congress

S. 550—The Microbicide Development Act

On March 8, Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) introduced S. 550, the Microbicide Development Act. S. 550 would require the2 Director of the NIH Office of AIDS Research to: 1) expedite the development and implementation of a Federal microbicide research and development strategic plan, 2) expand, intensify and coordinate the relevant activities of appropriate NIH research components, and 3) prepare and submit, within six months of enactment and annually thereafter, a report to Congress on Federal microbicide research implementation strategies. The bill would also require the Director of NIAID to establish a microbicide development unit within its Division of AIDS. The measure also contains provisions for relevant activities at the CDC and the U.S. Agency for International Development. S. 550 was referred to the Senate HELP Committee.

Legislative Update (December 2006): Microbicide Development Act