FLICKR, DIEGO CAMBIOSOIndustry executives and Stanford University’s president made their case for supporting biotech investments at the White House’s biotech summit today (May 8). They bent the ears of Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, and advisors to President Trump.
“We spoke to the importance of maintaining the United States’ investment in biomedical research, and of retaining our global leadership in the field to keep jobs and expertise in the U.S.,” Marc Tessier-Levigne, Stanford’s president, said in a statement sent to The Scientist. “Members of the Administration were interested and engaged in our conversation. They have a deep understanding of global competitiveness in this sector.”
Bill Ford, CEO of the investment firm General Atlantic, told Bloomberg in a statement: “Following today’s discussion it is clear that the White House is committed to further extending America’s leadership position in this vital industry.”
The president signed a spending package last week (May 5) that gives the NIH a $2 billion infusion of additional appropriations to last through ...
