; and . (b) Emergency uses for medical products (1) In general The Secretary of Defense may request that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, take actions to expedite the development of a medical product, review of investigational new drug applications under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355(i) ), review of investigational device exemptions under section 520(g) of such Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360j(g) ), and review of applications for approval and clearance of medical products under sections 505, 510(k), and 515 of such Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355 , 360(k), 360(e)) and section 351 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 262 ), including applications for licensing of vaccines or blood as biological products under such section 351, or applications for review of regenerative medicine advanced therapy products under section 506(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 356(g) ), if there is a military emergency, or significant potential for a military emergency, involving a specific and imminently life-threatening risk to United States military forces of attack with an agent or agents, and the medical product that is the subject of such application, submission, or notification would be reasonably likely to diagnose, prevent, treat, or mitigate such life-threatening risk. (2) Actions Upon a request by the Secretary of Defense under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall take action to expedite the development and review of an applicable application or notification with respect to a medical product described in paragraph (1), which may include, as appropriate— (A) holding meetings with the sponsor and the review team throughout the development of the medical product