Eshoo Bill Would Set Up ARPA-H Within HHS Instead Of NIH, Provide $3B

House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee Chair Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced legislation that would establish President Joe Biden’s proposed biomedical research agency, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, as a separate agency within HHS -- rather than within the National Institutes of Health as Biden has proposed -- and direct the agency to coordinate with FDA and CMS to expedite development and coverage of high-need cures. Eshoo’s bill, introduced Friday (Oct. 15), also would provide ARPA-H with an initial...