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    Opinion: Innovation in biotech R&D: New resources offer new hope

    Refining and replicating new R&D models created by several foundations, ambitious venture firms, and some universities will take the life sciences sector to new heights.
    by David Beier Jan 14, 2020 3 minutes
    Erricka Hager (right) is a participant in the NIH's All of Us Research Program, an example of several innovative research and R&D programs underway in the U.S.

    Public optimism about American health care seems in short supply if you read the news, which is dominated by coverage of partisan fights over the Affordable Care Act and the continuing crisis of opioid addiction. But innovation in the life sciences sector offers reason to cheer. We’re seeing vital new approaches to research and development driven by the private and philanthropic sectors, focused both on how we finance research and development and how we conduct it.

    I’ll start with the finance side of the equation. The that the National Institutes of Health risked losing its edge in biomedical innovation. Since then, the landscape has shifted: We are now seeing significant increases in funding for NIH, which is great news.

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