Advisors may urge NIH to seek out industry support for clinical trials

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A group of advisors may advise the National Institute of Health (NIH) to look for financial and other supports from the medical insurance and pharmaceutical industries. The NIH is having a financial crunch because of the disparity between the number of clinical experiments it has undertaken and its resources. Chances are there that the industry may impose its preferences over research at the NIH. The panel is also considering the physicians research grants and trainee clinical researchers of the United States.

United States, Analysis, Research grants, Research funding, Consultants, Consultants (Persons)

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Health bodies urge backing for early warning procedures

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention (CDC) have urged their funding agencies to increase the grants for epidemiological research. WHO has solicited $5.5 billion from its member states to finance a global early warning system to control infectious diseases. CDC strives for a rise in its budget allocation to support its $125 million annual requirements. The management plans for the research programmes are discussed.

Prevention, Social policy, Communicable diseases, World Health Organization, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Future of AIDS research office threatened

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The future of National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research (OAR), set up by Congress in 1993, is uncertain as a US House subcommittee has voted to remove its control over AIDS research funding. The committee has recommended a 5.7% increase in the overall funds of National Institutes of Health, but removed funding allocations. Researchers fear that there could be a major cut in funds for AIDS research, though the funding level is not specified.

Political aspects, AIDS (Disease), Federal aid to research, Government aid to research

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