This is a hearing about the pat, Patient Involvement in fda drug approvals, and i think we can agree they deserve a seat at the table. When companies are developing drugs and medical devices within the Clinical Trial process. I have long been a supporter of the department of defenses congressionallydirected medical Research Program known as the cdmrp. It funds peerreviewed research into Breast Cancer, autism, ovarian cancer, Prostate Cancer and other diseases. And since 1993 the patients have been involved and have been attar of cdmrp, and they have a consumer reviewer as part of the peerreviewed possible to represent the stakeholder community. And its been very successful in combining Patient Perspectives and needs with Scientific Research and bringing those perspectives together. Has fda, as you begin to consider improving Patient Involvement, have you looked at cdrmp to see if theres anything you can borrow from that in the drug approval process . Uhhuh. We have not, and thats a goo
Why not just put that in place in writing now so that its clear what the consequences will be for them to continue in the course there on. Thank you for that. Let me say that we have been absolutely clear and not diplomatic conversation and quite specific including at the level of the president and his conversations with president putin about the kinds of additional sanctions were considering including in the hightechnology area. As i said before you came in, we are also working intensively with europe on these kinds of measures because it is not just American Companies but so the european companies. Remove in the direction of those kinds of sanctions it will be stronger and more effective. It is very much on the docket and in the conversations with russians and the European Union as the kind of thing that we are looking at moving toward. Two aspects. Will we see in terms of other countries in the region. On the one and if we deny u. S. Companies, only an effective sanction. And i unde
Your entertainment last night. I want to call to order the meeting of the health and Human Services committee. By saying we have a few administrative items to take care of. The governors should have received briefing books in advance including the agenda and nga updates. Sitting next to me is melinda becker, legislative director for health and Human Services for nga, and she will be available after the services if anyone needs further details about what we are talking about. A reminder that the proceedings for this committee are open to the press, and all meeting attendees, i would ask you to silence your cell phones and electronic devices. The discussion will focus on two issues every governor spent a lot of time picking about and working on, first given the democratic demographic changes, rising cost of health care, and other factors, how can we expect the u. S. Health system to evolve over the next decade . For all of us, im willing to make the save that that Health Care Costs save
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