classification, conditional approval, clearance, licensure, or authorization of a security countermeasure, qualified countermeasure, or qualified pandemic or epidemic product. The Secretary may rely upon the data and information within the medical countermeasure master file for which such written notification was provided in additional applications, as applicable and appropriate and upon the request of the master file holder so notified in writing or by an authorized person of such holder. (f) Rules of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to— (1) alter the authority of the Secretary to approve, license, classify, clear, conditionally approve, or authorize drugs, biological products, or devices pursuant to this Act or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (as authorized prior to the date of enactment of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 ), including the standards of evidence, and applicable conditions, for approval under the applicable Act