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NIH’s Francis Collins: Innovation must not be sacrificed

by UMR on July 5, 2011

At the BIO International Convention last week, NIH Director Francis Collins spoke with Bloomberg TV about the importance of robust funding for medical research, as well as the ways in which NIH is streamlining the development process for new treatments.

Also from the BIO Convention, a new survey showing that “over three-quarters of voters (76%) are supportive of a continued commitment to federal spending on biotech research.” The full study can be found here [PDF] and the accompanying release here.

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