Senate Passes Clinical Trials Act!

This past Thursday night, the U.S. Senate passed S. 1674, the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act, by unanimous consent.

All that remains now is for the House of Representatives to pass the bill as well. Even if you have already asked your Representative to sign on to the bill as a co-sponsor by clicking here. Now is the time to tell the House to pass the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act.

The Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act would allow people with CF who are on public benefits to participate in important clinical research without losing their health coverage. To help promising drugs move swiftly from the research and testing phase to the people who need them, more people with cystic fibrosis are needed to participate in clinical trials. This important legislation will remove barriers to allow more people to do so.

Tell your Representative to pass the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act today!