Cures 2.0 Aims to Speed Up Virus Response, Curb Future Outbreaks

The HHS would have to develop a national strategy for beefing up the nation’s ability to spot and test for Covid-19 as well as future outbreaks, under a proposal from two lawmakers looking to follow up on their landmark biomedical innovation law.

Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) Monday released what they called a concept paper, a precursor to a draft bill that outlines their priorities for Cures 2.0, the follow-up legislation to the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255). The Department of Health and Human Services would have to create a national plan ...