Accelerating New Treatments and Cures at NIH
Ray
Rayilyn Brown
Past Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
From: Diane Wyshak
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:04 PM
To: ray ; Dr. Kong ; don reed
Subject: Fw: Accelerating New Treatments and Cures at NIH
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From: Parkinson's Action Network
To: Diane Wyshak
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:02 PM
Subject: Accelerating New Treatments and Cures at NIH
Health Reform: A Look at the Cures Acceleration Network
Today, March 23, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. One provision in this large health care reform bill that has received little attention outside of Washington, but is very important to the Parkinson's community and therapy development, is the creation of the Cures Acceleration Network (CAN) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), Co-Chair of the Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease, introduced the CAN Act of 2009 as an amendment to the Senate health care bill. The CAN Act seeks to cut the time between discovery and development of drugs and therapies through new grant-making mechanisms at the NIH. It will establish CAN within the Office of the Director of NIH and authorize grants expected to more quickly move discoveries from the lab into the next generation of therapies. In addition, CAN will help coordinate the efforts of all stakeholders in the drug development process in order to help move discoveries forward.
For several years, PAN has been the leading advocacy voice in the disease community calling for the federal government to do more to bridge the scientific "Valley of Death," a term used to describe the point in the drug development pipeline where many discoveries languish. PAN is excited that a commitment has been made to medical innovation and that a new approach will be tried to more quickly move new treatments and therapies into the hands of those who need them most.
We look forward to working with the NIH to ensure CAN will do all that it can to move promising science forward for those living with Parkinson's and many other diseases. Please stay tuned as the NIH begins its work to establish the Cures Acceleration Network.
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