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| | Funding for biomedical research doubles in last decade |
 | | From 1994 to 2003, total funding for biomedical research in the U.S. doubled to $94.3 billion, with industry providing 57 percent of the funding and the National Institutes of Health providing 28 percent, according to a study in the September 21 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical research. |
 | | Lead author Hamilton Moses III, M.D., of the Alerion Institute, North Garden, Va., presented the findings of the study today at a JAMA media briefing on medical research. |
 | | Few comprehensive analyses of the sources of financial support of biomedical research and uses of these funds have been available, according to background information in the article. |
| www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-09/jaaj-ffb091505.php (929 words) |
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