The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute approved awards totaling more than $64 million to fund five large patient-centered comparative effectiveness research studies concentrating on cancer, back pain and stroke.
The White House Office of Management and Budget has published a “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” a proposed rule that seeks to fundamentally redraw the ground rules for all federally funded research. On the other side are America’s scientists who aren’t just crying foul—they are readying for a political fight.
