Following President Joe Biden’s announcement of ARPA-H’s first director in Boston last week, local leaders are asking federal officials to decide whether to locate a new agency for health research and innovation in Massachusetts. I’m working overtime to get in front of
The establishment of ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency) was announced in March. With $1 billion in funding, the agency is tasked with improving the U.S. government’s ability to accelerate biomedical and health research.
Joe Boncore, CEO of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, is part of a group of states leading to bring ARPA-H to the Gulf State. The group’s strategy, known as the Massachusetts Coalition for Health Advancement and Research, or CHARM, is to get Coalition members to speak to decision-makers about Massachusetts’ award-winning hospitals and biotechnology innovation. he told Business Journal. As research on data science, robotics, artificial intelligence, and computation.
“With the ARPA-H mandate, governments say they want to be bold, creative and innovative in tackling the greatest human health challenges. That’s what our ecosystem is known for. “Think Covid, right? So the three vaccines came out of this ecosystem. All the companies left their mark here. I think we can really contribute to this country.”
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