ACT for NIH
Big pharma/Lobby
| ACT for NIH () Campfire Wiki Twitter Website | |
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| File:ACT for NIH (logo).png | |
| Formation | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Washington D.C. |
| Leader | Richard Turman |
| Interests | National Institutes of Health |
| Membership | James Allison,David Baltimore,Eric Cantor, Ronald DePinho,Jennifer Doudna,Bernadette Gray-Little,Tom Harkin,Michael Milken,Siddhartha Mukherjee, Phillip Ozuah,Sean Parker,Ronald Petersen, Padmanee Sharma, Michael Stephens,Lori Wilson |
| Big Pharma lobbying firm | |
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ACT for NIH is an American lobbying organization based in Washington D.C. It is registered as a 501(c)(4) non-profit advocacy organization, and lobbies the United States Congress to increase funding for biomedical research.[1] It additionally operates a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization called the ACT for NIH Foundation.
It was formed in 2017.[2]
Organization
ACT for NIH is a member organization of the Coalition for Health Funding.[3]
Funding
The organization does not disclose on its website who funds it. Presumably Big Pharma.
Personnel
ACT for NIH is led by Richard Turman (President), Rachel Pollock (Vice-President) and Emily Williams (Advocacy and Operations Manager). Advisory committee as of 2023.[4]
References
- ↑ About. Act for NIH. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221015201811/https://www.actfornih.org/about/
- ↑ Act for NIH Foundation. Cause IQ. Retrieved October 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221016014553/https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/act-for-nih-foundation,821130166/
- ↑ Our Members. Coalition for Health Funding. Retrieved November 22, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211122194259/https://www.publichealthfunding.org/our-members
- ↑ https://archive.is/hSoyK