ARPA-H plan advances with mission, legislation

Newly released details of the Biden administration’s proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health map out a mission for the new entity to support breakthrough technologies and make clear that the administration is rejecting calls to make the organization independent of NIH.

Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) included a placeholder for establishment and funding of ARPA-H in a discussion draft of the 21st Century Cures 2.0 released Tuesday. They expressed support for the administration’s request of $6.5 billion to cover three years of ARPA-H’s operations...