The gridlock in Washington is taking a toll on federally funded cancer research as the partisan wrangling in Congress over border security and funding for Israel and Ukraine shows no sign of relenting.
For nearly 25 years, business executive Lou Weisbach and urologist Richard J. Boxer have argued that finding the money to finance the cures for devastating diseases is not as difficult as it appears. To start finding the cures, the U.S. Department of the Treasury needs to issue some bonds—$750 billion worth. Next, you hire CEOs—one...
In the first meeting of the National Cancer Advisory Board since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, NCI Principal Deputy Director Douglas R. Lowy addressed many of the burning questions the oncology field has for the institute. On indirect costs: NCI will continue to use previously negotiated and approved indirect cost rates, with the exception...
