{"id":1932217,"date":"2023-05-17T01:25:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T05:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nih-pick-under-scrutiny-for-funding-from-pfizer\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T01:28:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T05:28:00","slug":"biden-nih-pick-under-scrutiny-for-funding-from-pfizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nih-pick-under-scrutiny-for-funding-from-pfizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s NIH pick faces scrutiny over Pfizer funding."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-nih-pick-under-scrutiny-for-funding-from-pfizer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1932217&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Is Biden Nominating Pfizer to Run the NIH?<\/h2>\n<h3>Concerns Raised Over Nominee&#8217;s Ties to Big Pharma<\/h3>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee to head the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, has come under fire for her ties to pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. According to disclosures filed with Open Payments, Bertagnolli has received a whopping $247 million in research funding from Pfizer alone from 2016 to 2021. She has also received funding from other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">pharmaceutical companies<\/a>, including Janssen and AstraZeneca, totaling over $21 million since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Critics, including Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Republican congressional candidate Robby Starbuck, have raised concerns about the &#8220;revolving door&#8221; between well-connected scientists and government positions. Starbuck went so far as to say that Biden is essentially nominating Pfizer to run the NIH, calling it &#8220;open, evil Big Pharma corruption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden, however, has defended his nominee, stating that Bertagnolli is a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominates-cancer-specialist-dr-monica-bertagnolli-for-nih-director\/\" title=\"Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, a cancer specialist, has been nominated by Biden for the position of NIH Director.\">world-class physician-scientist<\/a> whose vision and leadership will ensure NIH continues to be an engine of innovation to improve the health of the American people.&#8221; Bertagnolli, who became director of the National Cancer Institute in 2022, has also chaired the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, which develops and carries out clinical trials for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nih-pick-under-scrutiny-for-funding-from-pfizer\/\" title=\"Biden's NIH pick faces scrutiny over Pfizer funding.\">potential cancer treatments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bertagnolli has defended herself against the accusations, stating that the funds she received were actually contracts between the pharmaceutical companies and the alliance. She also emphasized that the funding was distributed across many different healthcare institutions to conduct the trials.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will take up Bertagnolli&#8217;s nomination, and some senators have already expressed concerns over conflict of interest. Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the panel, has stated that he would oppose any nominated health experts who were not prepared to &#8220;stand up and fight&#8221; the drug industry. The committee will ultimately decide whether Bertagnolli is fit to lead the NIH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee to lead the U.S. National Institutes of Health, has received $247 million in research funding from Pfizer between 2016 and 2021. 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