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Will the Entire NIH be Shut Down?

If you rely on federal grants as your sole means of support, you’re tying your destiny to forces outside your control. There are other roads to success in health and medical research. By pursuing them, you might gain more freedom, fewer administrative hurdles, and the chance to save lives faster.

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You Have to Spend Money to Make Money — Impacts of the NIH Freeze, from Global Economics to My Own Childcare Arrangements

As President Trump would have most certainly learned on his first day at Wharton, you really have to spend money to make money. If you want to make America truly a world leader, why on earth would you stifle the institution that contributed an estimated $92.89 billion to the US economy in 2023 alone and has produced over 170 Nobel Laureates since its inception? 

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FDA to award $1M EHR mining grant for drug-safety surveillance

The Food and Drug Administration is making as much as $1 million in grant funding available for mining a large database of electronic health records to conduct postmarket surveillance of drug safety. The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) will award a one-year grant by summer to a single bidder to develop “new analytic […]

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Healthcare startups are finding alternative funding and support models

There’s a panoply of alternative funding streams for healthcare startups out there — fledgling companies are seeking out avenues like prepaid revenue models, grant funding in lieu of venture capital, and the ever-popular crowdfunding approach. The outcomes can be a mixed bag, however, said a panel of speakers at MedCity News’ CONVERGE conference in Philadelphia today. Many corporations […]