06/21/2016
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"We urge the committee to consider S. 185, the Promise for Antibiotics and Therapeutics for Health (PATH) Act, introduced by Senator Hatch and Senator Bennet."
"This bill would require FDA to create a new, limited population approval pathway for antibiotics to treat serious and life-threatening infections for which there are few or no other treatments."
"Senators Hatch and Bennet have introduced the PATH Act which would direct FDA to approve drugs for specific limited populations of patients who have life-threatening infections and few other treatment..."
"Unfortunately, it looks like it is going to take a rear-guard action to keep from going back to the dark days."