CRADA STREAMLINED APPROVAL PROCESS TO BE IN PLACE BY FALL, NIH TELLS JOINT ECONOMIC CMTE.; NIH SHOULD HEED HEALTH REFORM DEBATE ON PRICE OVERSIGHT -- BIO
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The National Institutes of Health is working to "streamline" the approval process for Cooperative Research & Development Agreements with new guidelines expected by mid-September, Acting Deputy Director for Science Policy & Technology Transfer Daryl Chamblee told a June 24 hearing on government/industry collaboration before Sen. Bingaman's (D-N.M.) Joint Economic Committee.