The National Coalition for Infant Health (NCfIH) wrote a letter to Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) and a separate letter to Reps. Billy Long (R-MO) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) thanking them for spearheading the Promoting Life-Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act. NCfIH is a collaborative of professional, clinical, community health, and family support organizations focused on improving the lives of premature infants and their families. NCfIH is dedicated to promoting lifelong clinical, health, education, and supportive services needed by premature infants and their families. NCfIH's backing of the bill adds to the growing support for the legislation among the patient and health professional communities.
"We applaud you for introducing this important legislation that creates new incentives for the development of essential therapies for neonates. Persisting threats to newborn health have not been met by innovation in the industry. Advancements in neonatal treatments have stalled due to the difficulty of performing clinical trials, the economic challenge of driving investment in treatments for this narrow category of patients, and the cost endemic to the regulatory process for approving new drugs and medical devices."
"With your help, we may be able to reverse the status quo. An improved environment will inspire critical reform through investment and restructuring to allow the development of groundbreaking therapies for newborns."
"With your help, we may be able to reverse the status quo. An improved environment will inspire critical reform through investment and restructuring to allow the development of groundbreaking therapies for newborns."
| ncfih house letter.pdf |
| ncfih senate letter.pdf |
