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A pediatric voucher is an incentive to encourage development of treatments for children with rare and life threatening diseases.

A rare pediatric disease is one that is serious or life-threatening in which the serious or life-threatening manifestations primarily affect patients from birth to 18 years, including neonates, infants, children, and adolescents.

The largest voucher program is the federal Section 8 voucher program, which is also called the Housing Choice Voucher Program. There are about 68,791 Section 8 vouchers in Massachusetts. There are also a number of smaller Section 8 voucher programs for people with special needs.

A Priority Review designation will direct overall attention and resources to the evaluation of applications for drugs that, if approved, would be significant improvements in the safety or effectiveness of the treatment, diagnosis, or prevention of serious conditions when compared to standard applications.

To apply for an emergency section 8 voucher, and to try to be given priority to bypass a waiting list, immediately call a local public housing authority (PHA) in your town or county near you. Some agencies provide a housing voucher application online as well.

To qualify for a PRV, a sponsor's application must be for a drug or biological product for the prevention or treatment of a ?tropical disease,? must otherwise qualify for priority review, and must contain no active ingredient (including any salt or ester of an active ingredient) that has been approved in any other

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awards priority review vouchers (PRV) to drug sponsors that develop drugs for tropical diseases or rare pediatric diseases or to use as medical countermeasures.