Establishes an Office of Novel Therapeutics within the Veterans Health Administration to oversee emerging therapeutic interventions.
The Veterans Health Administration Novel Therapeutics Preparedness Act establishes an Office of Novel Therapeutics within the Veterans Health Administration to oversee emerging therapeutic interventions. The Office will coordinate with the Office of Research and Development to align research priorities with implementation-readiness needs. It will also recommend specialized review pathways for research involving emerging therapeutic interventions and utilize effectiveness-implementation hybrid models to evaluate clinical outcomes and real-world implementation factors.