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Center for Integration of Science and Industry
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Center for Integration of Science and Industry at Bentley University

Accelerating the translation of scientific discovery for public value

https://www.bentley.edu/centers/center-for-integration-science-and-industry
Slashing NIH funding imperils the foundation of medical research @ama-assn.org www.ama-assn.org/about/leader... Honored to have our work on NIH contribution to new drug approvals discussed. See the data here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Slashing NIH funding imperils the foundation of medical research
For more than a century, NIH-sponsored research has played a critical role in improving the nation’s health. This vital work must continue.
www.ama-assn.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Editorial at @thelancet.com. "Drug pricing and pharmaceutical innovation: a false promise"
Honored to have our work @jama.com on pharma profit jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... and @pnas.org on public contribution to innovation www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... cited.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Drug pricing and pharmaceutical innovation: a false promise
The UK is facing a pharma exodus. Major pharmaceutical companies have withdrawn about £2 billion in proposed investment from the country, blaming insufficient government investment. Central to the dis...
www.thelancet.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Launched in March 2025 as a joint project between the University of Maryland & the University of Pennsylvania and now supported by a grant from Open Philanthropy, #SCIMaP focuses on assessing the impacts of federal cuts to science on communities nationwide:

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Open Philanthropy Awards $336K to Map the Impact of Scientific Funding Cuts | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania are jointly leading efforts to comm
cmns.umd.edu
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Government investments in our future are the engine that has extended human potentials, human lives, human frontiers, and the human human imagination. @aaas.org www.aaas.org/programs/r-d...
Federal R&D Budget Dashboard | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
www.aaas.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment. I am proud to have been part of this institution as an ACS post-doctoral fellow. @mit.edu , @americancancersoc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Important article @washingtonpost.com on role of government funding in #drugapprovals. NIH investment complements industry's, providing cost savings and efficiencies. Honored that our work was cited www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @phrma.bsky.social @massbio.bsky.social
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Trump slashed funding for universities that helped create these vital drugs
Medications that prevent HIV, shrink tumors and treat seizures were invented with government funding. At research universities, that money is now canceled or in jeopardy.
wapo.st
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why. Outstanding article today from @theconversation.com. Honored to have our work @jamahealthforum.com on the NIH role in clinical development of new drugs cited. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... theconversation.com/science-cost...
Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why
The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support research that has a clearer eventual payoff.
theconversation.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why. Outstanding article today in @theconversation.com Honored to have our work @pnas.org on NIH contribution to new drug approvals cited. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1.... cited theconversation.com/science-cost...
Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why
The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support research that has a clearer eventual payoff.
theconversation.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Government-Funded Health and Biomedical Research Is Irreplaceable" @nasonline.org "Foundational...esearch supported by federal dollars is essential to...new drugs, vaccines, medical devices... and other health innovations" Honored to be cited www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Government-Funded Health and Biomedical Research Is Irreplaceable - NAM
For eight decades, the federal government has invested in biomedical and clinical research that has transformed public health, fueled economic growth,
nam.edu
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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“US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Pharmaceutical in the Last Decade”

Big Pharma also manipulates drug markets and research; lies about the efficacy and safety of its drugs; bribes doctors and politicians. www.drugwatch.com/featured/cli...
US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Pharmaceutical in the Last Decade
Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows that taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug approved between 2010 and 2019
www.ineteconomics.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Honored to have had a chance to train with this great man at @mit.edu.
We are saddened by the passing of past AAAS president and Nobel-winning biologist David Baltimore earlier this month. Read more about his career and tenure at AAAS: https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-remembers-past-president-david-baltimore
September 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#BayhDole has been effective in ensuring public benefit from
#NIH funded research leading to drug approvals @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...; better if it covered more than the 1% of NIH funding cited on patents for new drugs. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @ineteconomics.bsky.social
Cashing In On University Patents Means Giving Up On Our Innovation Future
It’s a raid on American innovation that would deliver pennies to the Treasury while kneecapping the very engine of our economic and medical progress.
www.forbes.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Proposal to tax licenses of #NIH funded research harms innovation. Under #BayhDole, such fees support education/research and promote application for public benefit. Policy should promote licensing; now <1% of #NIH funded research.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @ineteconomics.bsky.social
NIH funding for patents that contribute to market exclusivity of drugs approved 2010–2019 and the public interest protections of Bayh-Dole
Previous studies have shown that National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding contributed >$187 billion for basic or applied research related to the 356 drugs approved 2010–2019. This analysis asks how...
journals.plos.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NIH spent $950M for basic or applied research leading to patents providing market exclusivity for drugs approved 2010-19 | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
NIH spent $950M for basic or applied research leading to patents providing market exclusivity for drugs approved 2010-19
A new study from Bentley University’s Center for Integration of Science and Industry demonstrates that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $950 million on basic or applied research associate...
www.eurekalert.org
September 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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👋🏽 New to Bluesky! My background spans #EmergencyMedicine and #GlobalHealth diplomacy (ex-USAID), with deep dives into #DigitalHealth #Innovation, #PandemicResponse, and #PlanetaryHealth. Excited to connect with others exploring the future of healthcare and tech for social good.
June 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Honored to have our research @jamahealthforum.com cited in "American Health Care Gets a Lot Wrong. Here’s What It Gets Right." dnyuz.com/2025/09/05/a... See original research here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
American Health Care Gets a Lot Wrong. Here’s What It Gets Right.
Americans are frustrated with health care, and rightly so. It’s expensive, confusing and often unfair. I’ve written about its flaws
dnyuz.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Honored to have our work on the @NIH contribution to new drug approval cited in:The Real Returns on NIH’s Intramural Research. @issuesinst.bsky.social issues.org/nih-intramur...
Our work was published @pnas www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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August 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Public funding is critical to progress in health. Here's another study via PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"This report shows that NIH funding contributed to published research associated with every one of the 210 new drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration from 2010–2016."
#MedSky
The US’s rapid progress in science begins with the 1945 report “Science, The Endless Frontier” written by Vannevar Bush after being head of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development. #Medsky www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
8 Times Taxpayer Money Led to Historic Leaps in Medical Care
After decades of strong federal support for scientific research, the US government is now proposing deep cuts. Here’s what that investment made possible in modern medicine.
www.medscape.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Honored to have our @ineteconomics.bsky.social work on role of @NIH investments in #drugdevelopment cited in Congressional Budget Office study of how reducing NIH spending may impact drug #drugapprovals. www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/pape...
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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August 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Honored CBO cited our work on NIH funding for clinical trials of approved #drugs jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in modeling impact of budget cuts. Disappointed analysis ignores principal role of NIH in funding enabling basic science jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Government vs Industry Spending on Phased Clinical Development of Approved Drugs
This cross-sectional study uses publicly available publications to compare National Institutes of Health with industry spending on phased clinical development of approved drugs.
jamanetwork.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Slashing NIH funding imperils the foundation of medical research; Moving commentary on proposed cuts to the NIH from AMA President Bobby Mukkamala who shares both his personal and professional perspective.
www.ama-assn.org/about/leader...
Honored our work is cited jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Slashing NIH funding imperils the foundation of medical research
For more than a century, NIH-sponsored research has played a critical role in improving the nation’s health. This vital work must continue.
www.ama-assn.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made:
Honored to have our work on the NIH contribution to drug approvals cited
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
www.amfar.org/wp-content/u...
July 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
医薬品開発に対するNIHの資金調達削減の影響
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1つの研究(NIHの資金の> 90%が、薬物自体ではなく、薬物作用の生物学的標的に関連する基礎研究を表していることがわかりました。」さらに、 臨床開発へのNIH支出は、推定業界支出のごく一部を表す初期段階の試験に焦点を当てている」ことがわかった。
Honored to be cited: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...; www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
医薬品開発に対するNIHの資金調達削減の影響 - nipponese.news - Nipponese
1753227766 2025-07-22 22:44:00 先週、議会予算局(CBO)は「」というタイトルのレポートを発表しました。NIHの資金調達の変更とFDAのレビュー時間の変化は、新薬の開発にどのように影響するか。」レポートは2つのシナリオを評価します。 政府がNIHに提供する資金額の恒久的な10%削減、およびFDAが新薬アプリケーション(NDA)をレビューするのにかかる時間の9か月…
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July 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NIH资金削减对药物开发的影响
一项研究 发现“> 90%的NIH资金相关的是与药物作用的生物学目标相关的基础研究,而不是药物本身。”而且, 周等人。 2023 发现“ NIH在临床开发上的支出重点是早期试验,这是估计行业支出的一小部分 www.mandarinian.news/nih%e8%b5%84...
Honored to be cited www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Contribution of NIH funding to new drug approvals 2010–2016 | PNAS
This work examines the contribution of NIH funding to published research associated with 210 new molecular entities (NMEs) approved by the Food and...
www.pnas.org
July 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM