#countdown2cures

If we don’t act now we risk losing ability to not only capitalize on our tremendous scientific knowledge, but also maintain global leadership in bioscience.  #Countdown2Cures  #CuresNow

#CuresNow utilizes health IT advances to improve patient-centered care and empower patient access to information.  #Countdown2Cures

#CuresNow creates coordinating mechanism to streamline process for new cures from discovery to development to availability.  #Countdown2Cures

We applaud the overwhelming, bipartisan support for 21st Century Cures, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today by a vote of 392-26. We have long championed improvements to the medical research system that this legislation enables. The 21st Century Cures Act will invest in national research priorities, promote sharing of medical and scientific data, strengthen the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s workforce, enable cross-sector collaboration and advance patient centricity. We urge swift passage of this legislation in the U.S. Senate. Patients are waiting.

#CuresNow can help make the nation healthier – both physically and fiscally, saving time, money and lives.  #Countdown2Cures

#CuresNow increases health IT interoperability and would ban information blocking. #Countdown2Cures

FDA has hundreds of vacancies #CuresNow provides tools for FDA to hire & retain experts needed for its lifesaving mission #Countdown2Cures

#CuresNow gives patients voice by proposing inclusion of patient reps in nearly every council, panel & advisory board created by the act