Hearing: Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role in Advancing U.S. Drug Development.

Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 (10:15 AM)

2123 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Dr. Cynthia Verst PharmD, MS
President, Design and Delivery Innovation, R&D Solutions, IQVIA

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  • Updated Written Testimony [PDF] Added 07/15/2026 at 06:11 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 07/13/2026 at 02:19 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 07/13/2026 at 02:19 PM

Ms. Susan C Winckler RPh, Esq.
CEO, Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA

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  • Summary of Written Testimony [PDF] Added 07/13/2026 at 02:19 PM
  • Recommendations from Written Testimony [PDF] Added 07/13/2026 at 02:19 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 07/13/2026 at 02:19 PM
  • Witness CV [PDF] Added 07/13/2026 at 02:19 PM

Dr. Aaron J Kowalski PhD
CEO, Breakthrough T1D

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Dr. Thomas Hwang MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 07/13/2026 at 02:19 PM

Mr. Thomas J Bollyky JD
Bloomberg Chair in Global Health, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Law, and Development; and Director of the Global Health Program, Council

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  • Witness CV [PDF] Added 07/14/2026 at 11:37 AM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Memorandum [PDF] Added 07/13/2026 at 01:19 PM
  • Majority Staff Attendance [PDF] Added 07/15/2026 at 04:42 PM
  • Minority Staff Attendance [PDF] Added 07/15/2026 at 05:09 PM

Member Statements

  • Statement by the Honorable Brett Guthrie [PDF] Added 07/15/2026 at 04:42 PM
  • Statement by the Honorable H. Morgan Griffith [PDF] Added 07/15/2026 at 04:42 PM
  • Statement by the Honorable Diana DeGette [PDF] Added 07/15/2026 at 05:09 PM
  • Statement by the Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. [PDF] Added 07/15/2026 at 05:09 PM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Member Attendance [PDF] Added 07/15/2026 at 04:42 PM

First Published: July 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Last Updated: July 15, 2026 at 06:11 PM


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