Draft Legislation Would Create ARPA-H as Part of Cures 2.0

Healthcare Innovation June 22, 2021
David Raths

Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health would be largely modeled after the military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) have released draft legislation that would create an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, and authorize the more than $6.5 billion the White House says it needs to run the agency. The bill is expected to become part of a larger Cures 2.0 legislation, a follow-up to the 21st Century Cures Act.

The legislation coincides with a concept paper the White House published in Science Magazine outlining their vision for the new research agency. Under the terms of the lawmakers’ proposal, the new ARPA-H would be largely modeled after the military’s...

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