Democrat-Led E&C May Tackle CREATES, Opioids, Cosmetics, LDTs

With a Democratic takeover of the House, the powerful Energy & Commerce Committee will experience leadership and priority shifts. A former congressional aide told Inside Health Policy that Democrats may use the opportunity to push the Creating and Restoring Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act, seek funding options for opioid-related initiatives, focus more on cosmetics legislation and revisit laboratory-developed test (LDT) legislation. Energy & Commerce ranking Democrat Frank Pallone (D-NJ), widely expected to take the helm as committee chair, told...