Politico May 9, 2024
The National Institutes of Health will face an overhaul if Republicans gain control of the Senate next year.
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy — the Republican in line to lead the Senate committee that oversees the agency — said Thursday that reform was long overdue.
“Congress has not thoroughly reviewed NIH operations and practices since the 21st Century Cures Act passed in 2016,” he said in a release.
Cassidy wants NIH to:
— Maintain a balanced research portfolio, so that funding does not favor late-stage research at the expense of early-stage research
— Streamline the peer-review process
— Address recruiting and biomedical workforce retention problems
— Collaborate with public health agencies, health care systems and the private sector
— Enhance transparency...
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