It’s the law: Obama signs widely popular 21st Century Cures Act
In the end, the 21st Century Cures Act looked like an old-time bill, laden with extras for cancer research, antibiotics, the opioid epidemic and even Alzheimer’s, which has managed to resist just about everything thrown at it so far. It even had the kind of bipartisan support that you don’t see much these days in Washington D.C.
Vice President Joe Biden was there to savor the moment as President Obama inked the nearly 1,000-page initiative, which helps capture more money for cancer drug research — his last big initiative. And the biopharma industry reps, along with some 1,300 lobbyists, were happy to see promises of shorter, swifter drug approvals with new FDA funding.
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