Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

[shortridge3w]

Thanks Raja. Here are some items in the act
Broadly speaking, the Cures Act will:

1.Invest $1 billion to address the heroin and prescription opioid epidemic;
2. Invest $1.8 billion into cancer research in order to accelerate discoveries to answers the Vice President Biden’s call for a Cancer Moonshot;
3. Invest $3 billion to build upon the major biomedical research initiatives known as the BRAIN and Precision Medicine Initiatives, which are tackling diseases like Alzheimer’s and creating new research models to find cures and better target treatments;
4. Takes important steps to improve mental health; and
5. Improve the Food and Drug Administration’s drug development process by making sure patients’ voices are part of the decision making process.

The item 3 and 5 may be most relevant to AVXL.