Biden’s Biomedical Research Initiative Moves One Step Closer To Fruition

Cancer Moonshot still in sight

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation authorizing the creation of a federal health agency to advance biomedical research. The bill now goes to the Senate.

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President Joe Biden’s plan to tackle some of the deadliest and most daunting diseases took a major step forward after the US House authorized the creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health (ARPA-H), an independent body tasked with accelerating biomedical research and innovation.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health Act, introduced by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-CA, in October 2021, passed the House on 22 June in a 336 to 85 bipartisan vote, sending...

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