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Susan Collins: “With a 20 percent decline in the purchasing power of the NIH budget over the past decade, it has become increasingly…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
With a 20 percent decline in the purchasing power of the NIH budget over the past decade, it has become increasingly challenging to create a path to move medical innovations from bench-side findings into bedside interventions for patients.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Discusses the impact of NIH budget cuts on medical innovation.

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