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Political petulance, complacency halt pediatric priority review program
Patient advocates, biopharma lobbyists are pushing to revive PRVs
January 8, 2025 1:42 AM UTC
On the night of Dec. 21, Rand Paul rose from his seat on the floor of the Senate and spoke two words: “I object.” With those words, the junior Republican Senator from Kentucky brought the rare pediatric priority review voucher program to an abrupt halt — at least for now.
Paul was addressing a request for unanimous consent to add reauthorization of the program to legislation preventing a government shutdown...