21st Century Cures bill gains momentum with wish-list provisions

Modern Healthcare:  The 21st Century Cures Act, an already sweeping package of legislation, appears to be getting a last-ditch push from several industry and advocacy groups, which are counting on reaching bipartisan agreements that have stalled this session because of funding concerns.Industry groups Monday continued to examine the 996-page draft of the new biomedical innovation package known as the 21st Century Cures Act that Republicans introduced over the weekend. A vote is scheduled for Wednesday, but tensions remain and at least one Republican senator and one Democratic senator have come out against the legislation. Funding also still needs to be appropriated.

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