“President Biden on Tuesday called for lawmakers in Congress to fund a new health R&D agency that would emulate the Department of Defense’s emerging technology incubator.”
“’I call on Congress to fund what I call ARPA-H, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health,’ he said during his annual address to the nation.”
“The president added that the new research should be patterned after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and seek to emulate some of the unit’s most foundational breakthroughs, including the creation of the internet and GPS.”
“’ARPA-H will have a singular purpose – to drive breakthroughs in cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes and more,’ Biden said…”
“Ahead of the address, the Federation of American Scientists proposed a range of policy proposals to fast-track investment in health care technology by federal government agencies. These included the launch of a $100 million National Lab of Neurotechnology for Brain Moonshots, and the adoption of an open-source approach to pharmaceutical R&D…” Read the full article here.
Source: Biden calls on Congress to fund ‘DARPA for health’ in State of the Union address – By John Hewitt Jones, March 2, 2022. FedScoop.
