Cures 2.0 Leaders Sees Biden ‘Advanced Research’ Project As Ticket To Bill’s Success

Reps. Diana DeGette and Fred Upton are looking to President Biden and his new plan for a translation health research group at NIH to get their next itineration of 21st Century Cures  across the finish line. A discussion draft is expected in early June.

Reps. Diana DeGette, D-CO, and Fred Upton, R-MI, believe they have found a clear path forward for their Cures 2.0 legislation, a follow up to their sweeping US Food and Drug Administration reform bill, the 2016 21st Century Cures Act – and the hero looks a lot like he did the first time.

The duo is banking on combining their bill with the White House’s plan for a new health research agency within the National Institutes of Health that would focus on translating basic research into new medical technologies

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