NIH Translational Science Center Would Get 10% Funding Boost In Senate Bill
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Appropriations Committee recommends BARDA receive a 12% increase over its fiscal 2012 appropriations in the report accompanying the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill sent to the floor on a party-line vote of 16-14, June 14.
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