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12/8/2011--Introduced.Food and Drug Administration Mission Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the mission of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include establishment of a regulatory system that: (1) advances medical innovation by incorpora

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Official Summary

12/8/2011--Introduced.Food and Drug Administration Mission Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the mission of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include establishment of a regulatory system that:
(1) advances medical innovation by incorporating modern scientific tools, standards, and approaches;
(2) protects the public health and enables patients to access novel products while promoting economic growth, innovation, competitiveness, and job creation among the industries regulated by the FFDCA;
(3) is based on the best available science;
(4) allows for public participation and an open exchange of ideas;
(5) promotes predictability, allows flexibility, and reduces uncertainty;
(6) identifies and uses the most innovative and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory ends;
(7) ensures that regulations are accessible, consistent, transparent, written in plain language, and easy to understand;
(8) measures, and seeks to improve, the actual results of regulatory requirements; and
(9) incorporates a patient-focused benefit-risk framework that accounts for varying degrees of risk tolerance.

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