Senate health committee chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on Thursday (Jan. 29) launched the upper chamber's version of the House 21st Century Cures Initiative by unveiling a report identifying areas in need of improvement within FDA and the National Institutes of Health and soliciting feedback from stakeholders on ways to improve drug and medical device development. The effort is parallel and complementary to the House effort, according to a spokesperson from Alexander's office, and addresses ways...