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President Biden Taps Pfizer to Run National Institutes of Health

President Biden announced on Monday he intends to nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli—who has received more than 116 grants and $290.8 million from Pfizer—to lead the National Institutes of Health.

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Megan Redshaw
May 16, 2023
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President Biden announced on Monday he plans to nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s “preeminent biomedical research organization.” Bertagnolli is a cancer surgeon who became the director of the National Cancer Institute in October.

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