Ep. 278 - Trump 2.0’s Impact on FDA, NIH. Plus: Precision Medicine

White House plans to slash FDA and NIH risk decimating two agencies at the core of U.S. biomedical innovation. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s editors assess draft plans by the Trump administration that seek to halve FDA staff, cut NIH, and reduce overhead payments to academic institutions. The policy addressed in a recent Guest Commentary for BioCentury, “Defending the NIH, the NSF and the foundation of American science,” by the Scleroderma Research Foundation’s Luke Evnin, Peter Rubin of No Patient Left Behind, and Ra Capital’s Peter Kolchinsky.BioCentury’s team also discusses how biotechs are becoming increasingly successful at navigating the obstacles to get precision therapies across the FDA finish line.View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/65503400:00 - Introduction00:59 - FDA, NIH & Trump 2.016:26 - Biotechs & Precision MedicineTo submit a question to BioCentury’s editors, email the BioCentury This Week team at [email protected] us by sending a text