This budget seeks to cut the NIH by 40%. What that means is less NIH funded research, fewer high quality studies, and a shrinking base of scientific talent. In the United States, NIH funded research underpinned nearly every single drug approval in the US from 2010 to 2019. In this budget, the Secretary calls for eliminating programs to prevent death and disease, such as the National Diabetes Prevention Program, the Tobacco Prevention Control Program, and with what you said, Mr. Chairman, the safe Motherhood and Infant Health Program. (04:01–04:09)
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Asserts the critical role of NIH-funded research in drug approvals.
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