“Top brass from the FDA and the NIH shared their progress in implementing the 21st Century Cures Act during a House hearing Wednesday…”
“As of this week, approximately 86,000 volunteers have signed up, and nearly half are from historically underrepresented backgrounds — different races, ethnicities, and ages, living in different areas of the country, and reflecting various gender identities, sexual orientations and levels of health, Collins said…”
“At the FDA, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, described the agency’s efforts to bring new therapies to market for rare diseases by modernizing clinical trial design…” Read the full article here.
Source: FDA, NIH Report on Progress of 21st Century Cures Act – By Shannon Firth, July 25, 2018. MedPage Today.
