Multiple bills focused on accelerating the path to market for devices will join safety legislation reforming the regulation of duodenoscopes in a slate of Senate bills that HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander said will receive hearings in February, March and April. The legislation-by-legislation approach in the Senate differs from the broad-based 21st Century Cures package that advanced in the House.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will consider a group of biomedical reform bills, including device regulatory proposals, at three hearings from February through April, Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced Feb. 19.
Similar to the 21st Century Cures legislation