New Biomedical Incubator Beloved on Hill Stalled in Budget Fight

President Joe Biden‘s plan to set up an NIH incubator for biomedical discoveries could face setbacks as the government runs on a continuing resolution through early December.

The administration is still moving forward with plans to open the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health in the coming months, the White House’s point person on the project said.

“We’re continuing our planning and engagement efforts that we’ve been launching. And we’ll continue to do so, and we’re optimistic, obviously, about getting something in [fiscal year] ’22,” Tara Schwetz, assistant director for biomedical science at the White House Office of Science ...