The 21cc solution

The U.S. House of Representatives is in the middle of its effort to create legislation intended to promote biomedical innovation, and the Senate is just starting a similar effort, but it is already possible to anticipate the provisions that could be in any law that results from the efforts, and with greater confidence, the proposals that will not be included.

As the House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) works to pare down its sweeping 21st Century Cures legislation, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) is embarking on a less ambitious "innovation initiative" that is intended to produce companion legislation...