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# Bill to Help FDA ‘Attract Top Talent’
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/bill-to-help-fda-attract-top-talent/
- Published: 2016-03-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T02:44:42.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5135124

> Bipartisan Senate HELP Committee leaders have introduced legislation to help FDA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to “attract top talent during this exciting time in science.” The FDA and NIH Workforce Authorities Modernization Act also would authorize the two agencies to streamline coordination and cut red tape.  
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> A committee [statement](http://www.help.senate.gov/chair/newsroom/press/senate-health-committee-leaders-introduce-bill-to-help-fda-and-nih-attract-top-talent-during-this-exciting-time-in-science?ref=fdaweb.com) (includes link to bill text) says the measure:  
> helps attract outstanding young researchers and scientists to FDA by enabling the agency to more fully participate in the Biomedical Research Service; allows FDA to compete with the private sector for top performers by increasing its ability to hire and retain the brightest scientific minds and pay them a salary that is more competitive with the private sector; helps FDA better share knowledge and research between its three Centers through a pilot program to test the best ways to boost intra-Center communication, allowing scientists focused on treatments and cures for a particular disease to better share information; encourages FDA and NIH scientists to keep up with new developments by improving their ability to attend scientific conferences; helps FDA regulators keep up with the most recent scientific advances to improve the agency’s regulatory process by modernizing Reagan-Udall to make it easier for FDA to partner and collaborate with those in the private sector working to advance regulatory science and research; and keeps unhelpful paperwork requirements from slowing important research at the NIH.