Senate Lukewarm On Mandatory NIH Funding As Researchers Seek Funds

August 3, 2015 at 4:15 PM
As the Senate health committee continues work on its Innovation for Healthier Americans initiative, sources say the upper chamber has not shown much interest in pursuing a mandatory funding stream for the National Institute of Health as was included in the recently passed House 21st Century Cures bill. Bolstered by the House bill, university medical research directors and research associations are continuing their push for additional funding for NIH, specifically for basic science and research. The Cures legislation that passed...


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