Obama signs 21st Century Cures into law

On Tuesday, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. The bill contains provisions to fund a handful of high-profile NIH initiatives, creates an approval pathway for antibiotics targeting drug-resistant and emerging infections, establishes a framework for FDA to use real-world evidence for some regulatory decisions, and provides a legal foundation for the agency's patient-focused drug development initiative (see BioCentury, Dec. 5)...