The 21st Century Cures bill advanced Thursday when The House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee sent the unanimously passed bill onto the full committee, which will address it next week.
The bill could potentially be enacted into law later this year.
The legislation is designed to boost biomedical innovation through additional funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and lowering the barriers for FDA approval. Although the measure was a bipartisan effort, some are still expressing concern – mostly about where the additional money will come from.
