The subcommittee will come to order. Thank you all very, very much and, again, we apologize for being late. Days take on a life of their own. But i wanted to say good morning, dr. Collins. Welcome back to labor hhs, the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say thank you on behalf of the of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease, to develop treatments for major depression, shrink and treat cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials. So it was a moving an informative but a very moving experience as well. Let me welcome our witnesses, including the five institute and Center Directors who join us today and in addition, and always a great addition, dr. Francis collins whos joined us many times, director of the National Institutes
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