FDA Modernization Act of 2021 Endorsements and Cosponsors

Endorsements

Biotech:

Organizations (cont.):

  • Tessara Therapeutics
  • AlveoliX
  • CN Bio
  • TissUse GmbH
  • InSphero
  • Vivodyne
  • AxoSim
  • Empiriko
  • Emulate
  • Hesperos
  • InVitro International
  • Obatala Sciences
  • SynVivo
  • Nortis Bio
  • BICO
  • CELLINK
  • MatTek
  • Visikol
  • SCIENION
  • Cellenion

Pharmaceutical Companies:

  • Teva Pharmaceuticals

Organizations:

  • Action for Primates
  • Alaqua Animal Refuge (Freeport, FL)
  • Animal Advocates of South-Central PA
  • Animal Aid Portland
  • Animal Alliance Network (national)
  • Animals’ Angels, Inc.
  • Animals Battalion
  • Animal Care Society, Matthews, VA
  • Animal Protection Alliance (Las Vegas, NV)
  • Animal Protection League of NJ
  • Animal Protection New Mexico
  • Animal Protection Voters
  • Animal Rescue League of Palm Beach, Fla. 
  • Animal Resuce of Iowa
  • Animal Rights Alliance, Inc. (CT)
  • Animal Rights Hawai’i
  • Animal Wellness Action
  • Animal Wellness Foundation
  • Arizona Humane Society
  • Austin Pets Alive!
  • Bailing out Benji
  • Ballydídean Farm Sanctuary
  • Beagle Freedom Project
  • Berkshire Voters for Animals (Berkshire, MA)
  • Big Hands Little Paws
  • Blind Spot Animal Sanctuary
  • Brother Wolf Animal Rescue
  • Carriage Horse Freedom, PA
  • Catskill Animal Sanctuary
  • Center for a Humane Economy
  • Chance at Life Cat Rescue
  • Charleston Carriage Horse Advocates
  • Chimpanzee Sanctuary NW
  • Christian Animal Rights Association
  • Citizens for Alternatives to Animal Research
  • Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc.
  • Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
  • Colorado Voters for Animals
  • Committee for Compassionate & Responsible Tourism
  • Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting
  • Compassionate Bay
  • Coyote Center
  • Dane 4 Dogs
  • Dane County Humane Society
  • DC Voters for Animal Rights to organizations
  • Equine Advocates
  • Fair Start Movement
  • Fish Feel
  • Forever Home Beagle Rescue
  • Friends of Animals
  • Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf
  • Georgia Pet Coalition
  • Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS)
  • Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance
  • Green Mountain Animal Defenders
  • Humane Action Pittsburg
  • Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh (HARP)
  • The Humane League
  • Humane Society of Calvert County (MD)
  • Humane Voters of Oregon
  • Humane Voters of Washington
  • Hope Haven Farm Sanctuary (PA)
  • Houston SPCA
  • Idaho Horse Rescue
  • Idaho Humane Society
  • Jane Unchained
  • Jefferson County Humane Society
  • Jewish Veg
  • Karma Rescue      
  • Last Chance for Animals
  • League of Humane Voters NJ
  • League of Humane Voters, National
  • Leavenworth County Humane Society, Inc., KS
  • Little Trooper Ranch (CA)
  • Little Wanderers
  • Main Street Vegan Academy
  • Maine Animal Coalition
  • Marley’s Mutts
  • Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals
  • Michelson Center for Public Policy
  • National Anti-Vivisection Society
  • Nevada Paws – The Link
  • New Hampshire Animal Rights League
  • New Life Animal Sanctuary
  • New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society
  • North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance
  • NYCLASS
  • OceansWide (ME)
  • Out to Pasture Animal Sanctuary
  • Palm Springs Animal Shelter
  • Pasado’s Safe Haven
  • Pawsitive Beginnings, Inc., FL
  • People for the End of Animal Cruelty and Exploitation (PEACE)
  • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
  • Phoenix Zones Initiative
  • Pittsburgh Vegan Society
  • Population Balance
  • Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
  • Project Animal Freedom, MO
  • Protect our Wildlife Vermont
  • Red Robin Song Animal Sanctuary
  • Rise for Animals
  • Saint Spiro Cat Rescue
  • Save our Shelter Animals (SOS)
  • Save the Frogs! (Laguna Beach, CA)
  • Shelter Reform Action Committee
  • Sled Dog Action Coalition
  • Social Compassion in Legislation
  • Spokane Humane Society
  • SNAP San Diego
  • SPCA International
  • SPCA of Hancock County County (ME)
  • Switch4Good
  • The Animal Project
  • The Animals’ Voice 
  • The Fund for Horses
  • Their Turn
  • They All Want to Live
  • Trailsafe Nevada
  • Uncle Neil’s Home, A Farm Sanctuary
  • Utah Animal Rights Coalition
  • Voices for Shelter Animals
  • Voters for Animal Rights, NYC
  • Washington Heights Cat Colony
  • White Coat Waste Project
  • Wildlife Watch, Inc.
  • Wildwood Farm Sanctuary and Preserve

Medical Associations and Patient Advocacy Groups:

  • National Medical Association
  • National Hispanic Medical Association
  • Histiocytosis Association
  • The VHL Alliance
  • Born a Hero Research Foundation
  • CHAMP1 Research Foundation
  • Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham’s Disease Alliance
  • International FPIES Association 
  • International Pain Foundation
  • Beyond Celiac
  • United Leukodystrophy Foundation
  • Myositis Association
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association
  • Allergy and Asthma Network
  • CURED
  • National LGBT Cancer Network
  • A Cure in Sight
  • Cauda Equina Foundation 
  • Gaucher Community Alliance
  • Rare and Undiagnosed Network
  • Marfan Foundation
  • International Autoimmune Encephalitis Society
  • Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Foundation
  • NBIA Disorders Association
  • San Francisco AIDS Foundation
  • The LAM Foundation
  • The Gluten Intolerance Group
  • National Hemophilia Foundation
  • Nevus Outreach
  • Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
  • The FPIES Foundation
  • International Cancer Advocacy Network
  • Exon 20 Group
  • Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.

Individuals of note

  • Dr. Jane Goodall, Jane Goodall Institute
  • Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
  • Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP, Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Medical Faculty, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
  • Gary K. Michelson, M.D., founder and co-chair, Michelson Medical Research Foundation and Michelson Center for Public Policy
  • Neil Wilcox, former FDA, Senior Science Policy Officer, Office of Science, Office of the Commissioner and Science Policy Analyst
  • Paul Watkins, Director of the Institute for Drug Safety Sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • Donald Ingber, Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 
  • Paul Locke, JD, DrPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 
  • David Gortler, pharmacologist, pharmacist and an FDA and health care policy scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center Think Tank in Washington, D.C. He was a professor of pharmacology and biotechnology at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he also served at Yale’s Bioethicist Center, and was an FDA Medical Officer who was later appointed by the White House to serve on the FDA’s Senior Executive Leadership Team as senior advisor to the FDA Commissioner for drug safety, drug epidemiology, FDA science policy, and FDA regulatory affairs.
  • Amanda Proctor, BS-RRT, President & CEO, Medical Advisory, Scientific, & Review Board Member, Cardiopulmonary Science & Sleep Medicine, Cauda Equina Foundation
  • Daniel Krichbaum, Pharm D, Medical Advisory, Scientific, & Review Board Member, Co-Chief Medical Officer, Chief Science Officer, Cauda Equina Foundation
  • Heather Rader PT, DPT, PRPC, BCB-PMD, Medical Advisory, Scientific, & Review Board Member, Director of Pelvic Health, Cauda Equina Foundation
  • James Wymer, MD, Medical Advisory, Scientific, & Review Board, Chief Medical Officer, Director of Neuromuscular Medicine, Cauda Equina Foundation
  • Brett Simmons, Medical Advisory, Scientific, & Review Board Member, Researcher & Quality Assurance, Cauda Equina Foundation
  • Jason Hwang, MD, Medical Advisory, Scientific, & Review Board, Director of Radiology, Cauda Equina Foundation
  • Chuck Nitsch, PT, CEEAA, Medical Advisory, Scientific, & Review Board, Research Committee, Director of Physical Therapy, Cauda Equina Foundation.
  • Cathy Ward, MD, President of Big Apple Pediatrics, P.C.
  • Andrew Kaplan, DVM, Head Veterinarian, City Veterinary Care
  • Nedim C. Buyukmihci, V.M.D., Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Emeritus Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis
  • Gary Kaskel, writer/filmmaker, Author: “Monsters and Miracles: Henry Bergh’s America”

Cosponsors

S.5002 FDA Modernization Act 2.0 (Passed Senate 9.29.22)
(Senate Help Committee in Bold)

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. (D-NJ)
  • Sen. Braun, Mike (R-IN)
  • Sen. Collins, Susan M. (R-ME)
  • Sen. Crapo, Mike (R-ID)
  • Sen. King, Angus (I-ME)
  • Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray (D-NM)
  • Sen. Marshall, Roger (R-KS)
  • Sen. Padilla, Alex (D-CA)
  • Sen. Paul, Rand (R-KY)
  • Sen. Sanders, Bernard (I-VT)
  • Sen. Scott, Rick (R-FL)
  • Sen. Tuberville, Tommy (R-AL)

HOUSE COSPONSORS OF H.R. 2565
(Energy & Commerce in bold)

  • Rep. Adams, Alma (D-NC)
  • Rep. Allred, Colin Z. (D-TX)
  • Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA)
  • Rep. Bacon, Don (R-NE)
  • Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz (D-CA)
  • Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. (D-PA)
  • Rep. Bowman, Jamal (D-NY)
  • Rep. Blumenauer, Earl (D-OR)
  • Rep. Buchanan, Vern (R-FL) – Lead sponsor
  • Rep. Budd, Ted (R-NC)
  • Rep. Burchett, Tim (R-TN)
  • Rep. Calvert, Ken (R-CA)
  • Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. (D-CA-24)
  • Rep. Cárdenas, Tony (D-CA) 
  • Rep. Carey, Mike (R-OH) 
  • Rep. Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (R-GA)
  • Rep. Carter, Troy (D-LA)
  • Rep. Castor, Kathy (D-FL)
  • Rep. Cawthorn, Madison (R-NC)
  • Rep. Cole, Tom (R-OK)
  • Rep. Cohen, Steve (D-TN)
  • Rep. Crist, Charlie (D-FL)
  • Rep. Crow, Jason (D-CO)
  • Rep. Davis, Rodney (R-IL)
  • Rep. Dean, Madeleine (D-PA)
  • Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. (D-OR)
  • Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. (D-CT)
  • Rep. Doggett, Lloyd (R-TX)
  • Rep. Doyle, Mike (D-PA)
  • Rep. Evans, Dwight (D-PA)
  • Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX)
  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (R-PA)
  • Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott (R-WI)
  • Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie (D-TX)
  • Rep. Gaetz, Matt (R-FL)         
  • Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. (R-NY)
  • Rep. Garcia, Mike (R-CA)
  • Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. (D-TX)
  • Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A.(R-FL)
  • Rep. Golden, Jared (D-ME)
  • Rep. Gooden, Lance (R-TX)
  • Rep. Gosar, Paul (R-AZ)
  • Rep. Gottheimer, Josh (D-NJ)
  • Rep. Grothman, Glenn (R-WI)
  • Rep. Guthrie, Brett (R-KY)
  • Rep. Harder, Josh (D-CA]       
  • Rep. Harshbarger, Diana (R-TN)
  • Rep. Huffman, Jared (D-CA-2)
  • Rep. Jackson, Ronny (R-TX)
  • Rep. Johnson, Bill (R-OH)      
  • Rep. Jones, Mondaire (D-NY)
  • Rep. Joyce, David (R-OH)
  • Rep. Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH)    
  • Rep. Katko, John (R-NY)
  • Rep. Keller, Fred (R-PA)         
  • Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja (D-IL)
  • Rep. Kuster, Ann (D-NH)
  • Rep. Lee, Barbara (D-CA)
  • Rep. Lee, Susie (D-NV)
  • Rep. Levin, Andy (D-MI) 
  • Rep. Levin, Mike (D-CA)      
  • Rep. Lieu, Ted (D-CA) 
  • Rep. Luria, Elaine G. (D-VA)
  • Rep. Mace, Nancy (R-SC)       
  • Rep. Malinowski, Tom (D-NJ)
  • Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole (R-NY)
  • Rep, Maloney, Carolyn B. (D-NY)
  • Rep. Manning, Kathy E. (D-NC-6)
  • Rep. Mast, Brian J. (R-FL)
  • Rep. McCaul, Michael T. (R.TX)         
  • Rep. McClain, Lisa C. (R-MI)
  • Rep. McEachin, A. Donald (D-VA)
  • Rep. McGovern, James P. (D-MA-2)
  • Rep. McNerney, Jerry (D-CA)
  • Rep. Meuser, Dan (R-PA)
  • Rep. Miller-Meeks, Marianette (R-IA)
  • Rep. Moore, Barry (R-AL)
  • Rep. Mullin, Markwayne (R-OK)
  • Rep. Nadler, Jerrold (D-NY)
  • Rep. Neguse, Joe (D-CO)        
  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-DC) 
  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy (D-CA)
  • Rep. Pappas, Chris (D-NH)
  • Rep. Payne, Donald (D-NJ)
  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. (D-CA) 
  • Rep. Phillips, Dean (D-MN)
  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie (D-ME)
  • Rep. Porter, Katie (D-CA)
  • Rep. Price, David E. (D-NC)
  • Rep. Quigley, Mike (D-IL)
  • Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy (R-PA)
  • Rep. Ross, Deborah K. (D-NC)
  • Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira (R-FL)
  • Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. (D-IL)
  • Rep. Schrader, Kurt (D-OR)   
  • Rep. Sessions, Pete (R-TX)     
  • Rep. Sherrill, Mikie (D-NJ)
  • Rep. Sires, Albio (D-NJ)
  • Rep. Slotkin, Elissa (D-MI)
  • Rep. Smith, Christopher H. (R-NJ)
  • Rep. Spanberger, Abigail (D-VA)
  • Rep. Stansbury, Melanie Ann (D-NM)
  • Rep. Stefanik, Elise (R-NY)
  • Rep. Stevens, Haley M. (D-MI)
  • Rep. Tenney, Caludia, (R-NY) 
  • Rep. Thompson, Glenn (R-PA)
  • Rep. Titus, Dina (D–NV)
  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida (D-MI)
  • Rep. Tonko, Paul (D-NY-20)
  • Rep. Trone, David J. (D-MD)  
  • Rep. Valadao, David G. (R-CA)
  • Rep. Veasy, Marc A. (D-TX)
  • Rep. Waltz, Michael (R-FL)
  • Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (D-FL)
  • Rep. Wild, Susan (D-PA)

SENATE COSPONSORS OF S. 2952
(Senate HELP Committee in bold)

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. (D-NJ)
  • Sen. Braun, Mike (R-IN)
  • Sen. Collins, Susan M. (R-ME)
  • Sen. Crapo, Mike (R-ID) 
  • Sen. Kaine, Tim (D-VA)
  • Sen. Kennedy, John (R-LA)
  • Sen. King, Angus (I-ME)
  • Sen. Lee, Mike (R-UT)
  • Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray (D-NM)
  • Sen. Padilla, Alex (D-CA)
  • Sen. Paul, Rand (R-KY)
  • Sen. Rubio, Marco (R-FL)
  • Sen. Sanders, Bernard (I-VT)
  • Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI)