Medtech Firms Urge NIH To Share Stimulus Funds With Small Businesses
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A U.S. senator from Maryland is calling for the National Institutes of Health to set aside a portion of federal stimulus funds for use in the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant program
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