Here are four takeaways:
1. The senators want the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Development to adhere to the National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013.
2. The proposed legislation calls for more funding of pediatric medical research, especially on spinal muscular atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
3. The senators point out the NIH hasn’t established a national network of research consortia for rare pediatric diseases, which the 2013 law required.
4. The NIH allots 5 percent to 10 percent of its budget to pediatrics.
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