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ARTICLE | Politics, Policy & Law

Can 'Cures' be cured?

Assessing the prospects for Senate's 21st Century Cures bill

April 18, 2016 7:00 AM UTC

After almost two years of effort, it is still not clear whether a path can be cleared to put a 21st Century Cures bill on President Obama's desk, or what measures would be included if and when legislation is turned into law.

It is certain that anything that could get through Congress would not come close to matching promises made by the legislation's sponsors to radically transform the way medicines are discovered and to dramatically accelerate the creation of cures. Some incremental changes at FDA, and modest increased funding for NIH, are possible...