Venture HHS: Planned Gov't Fund For Emergency Products Elicits VC Caution
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Obama administration plans to ask Congress to authorize an independent strategic investment fund to provide financial support for small companies developing medical products that can be used to respond to bioterror attacks, pandemic flu outbreaks or other public health emergencies
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