Cures 2.0 May Get Fast Tracked Due To COVID-19

Follow-up bill to the 21st Century Cures Act looks to be more focused on reimbursement and delivery than the 2016 law, which centered on speeding drug development and approval. The bill's architects are working to get some of their provisions, including those around antibiotics, attached to the next COVID-19 relief legislation. 

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Reps. Fred Upton, R-WI, and Dianna DeGette, D-CO, are exploring ways to include some of the ideas for their second iteration of the 21st Century Cures Act into legislation currently in the works to tackle the coronavirus epidemic, the pair said on call with reporters this week.

The bipartisan duo, which shepherded the 21st Century Cures Act into law in 2016 against the odds of getting any...

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