Federal judge rules Trump directives canceling NIH grants “illegal,” orders them to be restored

In The Headlines: A good week for NIH, a bad week for Vinay Prasad

While doing somewhat-routine reporting on this year’s Senate Appropriations Committee bills, Paul Goldberg, editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter, quickly realized that he was seeing a full bipartisan rejection of President Donald J. Trump’s plan to defund and therefore dismantle biomedical research in the United States.

August 06, 2025

Vol.51 No.30

Capitol Hill

GOP-led Congress rejects Trump’s plans to gut medical research
Senate bill gives NIH a $400 million raise

Bits of good news for NIH flickered consistently over the past week.

The effects of NIH, FDA cuts will be felt for decades, CBO report estimates

A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that proposed cuts at NIH could lead to a decrease in the number of new drugs that come to market in the next three decades.

NIH says it’s moving away from animal-based models

NIH has announced that it will no longer be issuing Notices of Funding Opportunities exclusively supporting animal models.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Claire Marie Porter

In the Archives

Rick and Mary Pazdur on facing “the other side of the stethoscope”
A few months before Mary died of ovarian cancer, the couple shared how this experience shaped their perspectives on oncology

The Pazdurs in their garden with their dog, Cleo. The dog’s full name is Cleopatra, Queen of Denial.In 1999, Rick Pazdur went in for a “perfunctory” final interview at FDA. Thinking it would only take a few minutes, his wife, Mary, decided to wait and have a quick cup of coffee at a nearby restaurant—Hooters.

House Dems host “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants”

Over 20 scientists whose grants have been canceled by the Trump administration presented posters on their now-terminated work at “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants.”

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Federal judge rules Trump directives canceling NIH grants “illegal,” orders them to be restored

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Federal judge rules Trump directives canceling NIH grants “illegal,” orders them to be restored

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In The Headlines: A good week for NIH, a bad week for Vinay Prasad

GOP-led Congress rejects Trump’s plans to gut medical researchSenate bill gives NIH a $400 million raise

The effects of NIH, FDA cuts will be felt for decades, CBO report estimates

NIH says it’s moving away from animal-based models

Rick and Mary Pazdur on facing “the other side of the stethoscope”A few months before Mary died of ovarian cancer, the couple shared how this experience shaped their perspectives on oncology

House Dems host “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants”

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GOP-led Congress rejects Trump’s plans to gut medical research
Senate bill gives NIH a $400 million raise

Rick and Mary Pazdur on facing “the other side of the stethoscope”
A few months before Mary died of ovarian cancer, the couple shared how this experience shaped their perspectives on oncology