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ARTICLE | Politics, Policy & Law

Auchincloss bill would embed trials in routine care, speed FIH starts

Sweeping bipartisan trial reform proposal borrows from Australian fast-track model

August 10, 2026 10:58 PM UTC

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) is engaged in an old-school endeavor, developing clinical trials modernization legislation that echoes the sweeping laws that have reshaped the U.S. biomedical landscape periodically in the decades following World War II.

It is old school in the scope of its aspirations, but also in the way it is being crafted. ...