WASHINGTON, DC - Three years ago 21st Century Cures started as an idea. The goal: to bring our health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st century, delivering hope for patients and their loved ones, and providing the necessary resources to researchers who are looking to discover the next generation of cures and treatments.
Health care innovation is happening at lightning speed today. From the mapping of the human genome to the rise of personalized medicines that are linked to advances in molecular medicine, we have seen constant breakthroughs that are changing the face of disease treatment, management, and cures.
Health research is moving quickly, but the federal drug and device approval apparatus is in many ways the relic of another era. We have dedicated scientists and bold leaders at agencies like the NIH and the FDA, but when our laws don’t keep pace with innovation, we all lose.
By accelerating the critical cycle of discovering, developing, and delivering new cures and treatments, we can close the gaps between advances in scientific knowledge about cures and the regulatory policies created to save more lives.
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