Senate Innovations Act seeks to improve FDA hiring

The Innovations for Healthier Americans Act, a Senate companion to the House 21st Century Cures Act, will include provisions intended to help FDA recruit the "best scientists, personnel, and outside experts," Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Monday. Speaking at medical device company Smith & Nephew plc (LSE:SN; NYSE:SNN), the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chair said the bill would fund "President Obama's proposal to map one million genomes," facilitate interoperability of electronic health records, and reduce administrative burdens on government-funded scientists. He also said the bill would make the "discovery to development process more efficient," but did not provide details. ...