The 21st Century Cures Act will accomplish what it says, delivering safe new cures and treatments to patients across the nation. Earlier today we looked at five themes of the landmark, nonpartisan legislation - delivering hope, removing barriers to research collaboration, incorporating patient feedback into the drug development process, promote personalized medicine, and modernizing clinical trials. As Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) has said, “We’re closing in on what’s truly a once-in-a-generation, transformational opportunity to change the way we treat disease."
Here’s part two of our breakdown on why patients and families across the country need #CuresNow.
21st Century Cures clarifies the regulatory path so we can speed up the creation and deployment of innovative health tools like medical apps.
21st Century Cures will create new economic incentives for the development of therapies for serious and life-threatening conditions, including rare diseases. New incentives will help create more, faster cures.
21st Century Cures will create a new coordinating mechanism to ensure the efficiency of connections between scientific discovery, drug and device development, and how these therapies are approved and made available to patients.
21st Century Cures creates the Innovation Fund, a dedicated funding stream for the NIH and the FDA that will allow Congressional appropriators to invest additional resources without impacting current budget caps. It will also invest more resources for the next generation of scientists, working to develop the cures and treatments of tomorrow.
21st Century Cures will ensure the U.S. has the tools, skills, and individuals to remain the medical innovation capital of the world.
