Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-73not60

§360n–1 Priority Review for Qualified Infectious Disease Products

Title 21 › Chapter 9— FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT › Subchapter V— DRUGS AND DEVICES › Part A— Drugs and Devices › § 360n–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Secretary labels a drug a qualified infectious disease product, the first application needing clinical data (not bioavailability) must get priority review; other qualifying drug applications or efficacy supplements may also get priority review.

Full Legal Text

Title 21, §360n–1

Food and Drugs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)If the Secretary designates a drug under section 355f(d) of this title as a qualified infectious disease product, then the Secretary shall give priority review to the first application submitted for approval for such drug under section 355(b) of this title, or section 262(a) of title 42, that requires clinical data (other than bioavailability studies) to demonstrate safety or effectiveness.
(b)Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary from giving priority review to a human drug application or efficacy supplement submitted for approval under section 355(b) of this title that otherwise meets the criteria for the Secretary to grant priority review.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–328 inserted “, or section 262(a) of title 42, that requires clinical data (other than bioavailability studies) to demonstrate safety or effectiveness” before period at end. 2016—Pub. L. 114–255 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “the first application” for “any application”, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 112–144, title VIII, § 802(b),
July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 1079, provided that: “section 524A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 360n–1], as added by subsection (a), applies only with respect to an application that is submitted under section 505(b) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 355(b)) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [
July 9, 2012].”

Reference

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Citation

21 U.S.C. § 360n–1

Title 21, Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60