[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. N, this morning we will be considering the nomination of dr. Monica bertagnolli to serve as director of the u. S. National institutes of health. And let me begin by welcoming dr. Bertagnolli to our committee. Committee. We look forward to hearing t frm you, and we thank you for being here today and i see you brought along a fellow wyoming or i hate. We welcome senator barrasso as well. The nih with a budget of more than 47 billion is the largest funder of medical research in the world. This research has led to new treatments and prescription drugs that have significantly improved the lives of americans, and people throughout the entire world. And i think all of us every single american should be very proud of those accomplishments. But having said that, let me say a few words about my concerns. I dont have to tell any american that the Healthcare S
Good morning. The health labor on education and pension will come to order. This is another bipartisan hearings, which means senator murray and i have agreed on the subject and the witnesses. In falkt i would say every member in the committee would probably agree on the subject and Witnesses Today because this is a hearing entitled implementation of the cures act. The path forward to hear from dr. Frances collins, the National Institutes of health and dr. Gotlieb, the commissioner of food and drugs. Senator murphy will have a hearing wednesday on another reorganization which they played a major role in. We look forward to that. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then introduce our panel of witnesses. After, senators will have five minutes of questions. In 2007 doug oliver, who is in the front row i believe, a Computer Programmer began to have trouble, had his drivers license taken away and declared legally bliepd. It was a rare form of macular degeneration. He
Good morning. The health labor on education and pension will come to order. This is another bipartisan hearings, which means senator murray and i have agreed on the subject and the witnesses. In falkt i would say every member in the committee would probably agree on the subject and Witnesses Today because this is a hearing entitled implementation of the cures act. The path forward to hear from dr. Frances collins, the National Institutes of health and dr. Gotlieb, the commissioner of food and drugs. Senator murphy will have a hearing wednesday on another reorganization which they played a major role in. We look forward to that. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then introduce our panel of witnesses. After, senators will have five minutes of questions. In 2007 doug oliver, who is in the front row i believe, a Computer Programmer began to have trouble, had his drivers license taken away and declared legally bliepd. It was a rare form of macular degeneration. He
We look forward to that. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then introduce our panel of witnesses. After, senators will have five minutes of questions. In 2007 doug oliver, who is in the front row i believe, a Computer Programmer began to have trouble, had his drivers license taken away and declared legally blind. It was a rare form of macular degeneration. He moved to nashville where they told him while there were no cures, he could Search Online for a trial. He found a regenerative Clinical Trial in florida, where doctors took cells out of the bone marrow in his hip, and then injected these into his eye. Three days later he began to see. His eye sight eventually improved enough to get his drivers license back and that he became an effective advocate for more support for Regenerative Medicine done the proper way, which we included in the 21st century cures act. Earlier this year he gave me the cane he used when he was blind, said i dont need it anymore. So i
With the best overall entry. Deadline is january 18. Contest details on our website studentcamp. Org. Next, fda commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Francis Collins testify on medical innovations. They appeared before the Senate Health innovation and Pensions Committee on issues including the Opioid Epidemic, rare disease funding and research into treating addicts nonmedically. This is an hour and 50 minutes. Good morning, the Senate Committee on health and education will come to attention and order. Another bipartisan hearing which is what most of our hearings are which is what bernie and i created on the witnesses. I would say every member of this committee would probably agree on the subject in witnesses today. This is a hearing entitled implementation of the 21st century cures. Progress and the path forward for medical innovation, we will hear from Francis Collins, and doctor Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of food and drugs. We all have as i mentioned a hearing next wednesday on another i