WASHINGTON, DC - Marking the culmination of a three-year journey on the #Path2Cures, President Obama today signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. The House passed the game-changing medical innovation bill 392 to 26 on Nov. 30, and the Senate followed suit, voting 94 to 5 on December 7. Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch (R-UT) signed the bill at an enrollment ceremony before formally sending it to the president.
“Working together, we got the job done," said Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), authors of the 21st Century Cures Act. “Patients needed a game-changer - and it is our hope that history will look back at the Cures effort as the moment in time when the tide finally turned against disease. Today’s milestone is not the end, it’s just the beginning for #CuresNow."
