Cures Draft Proposes FDA, NIH Advisory Panel Patterned After MedPAC

House lawmakers' 21st Century Cures Initiative draft bill calls for creation of a congressional advisory commission tasked with recommending policies to accelerate discovery, development and delivery of new medical products, akin to the Medicare and Medicaid commissions that currently advise Congress on those programs. The proposed Medical Innovation Advisory Commission would look at policies administered by the National Institutes of Health, FDA and CMS that relate to the "discovery, development, and delivery of new medical products," and how those agencies...