Short-Term Reauthorization Of Pediatric Review Voucher Passes Senate

The Senate successfully used the hotline process Thursday (Sept. 22) to advance a reauthorization of FDA's pediatric review voucher program until the end of the calendar year, leading Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to call for quick House passage of the short-term authorization. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) attempted to push their bill to reauthorize the program for five years through the same process late Wednesday (Sept. 21), but Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) objected and...