Bioshield bill expected to win approval soon
Emergency Management Alert, January 28, 2004
Federal health officials said January 22 that they believe Congress will soon pass the Project Bioshield bill, which aims to strengthen the country's biological defenses and loosen restrictions on hiring biological experts and the use of emergency drugs, GovExec.com reports.
House lawmakers passed the legislation last year, but it stalled in the Senate after some senators voiced concerns that the bill would allow the White House to give out large, no-bid contracts.
Project Bioshield includes a nearly $6 billion incentive for drug companies to develop otherwise unprofitable medicines, vaccines, and countermeasures to combat biological weapons. While Congress has already approved that funding, lawmakers are still debating portions of the plan that allow the government to use unlicensed drugs in the event of a biological terrorist attack and ease limits on drug procurement and hiring at the National Institutes of Health.
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