19 hours ago
- Health
- Wall Street Journal
How Trump Blew Up Northwestern's Business Model
In April, Northwestern University cardiologist Dr. Rod Passman learned the National Institutes of Health had abruptly halted funding for a $37 million trial testing a new way to treat dangerous heart arrhythmias, with about 1,500 patients already enrolled.
It was part of a universitywide funding freeze that threatened to stall hundreds of projects, including clinical trials with patients on lifesaving the spring, Northwestern used university money to pay bills previously covered by NIH grants, spending tens of millions of dollars monthly to keep labs and trials running without a break. Researchers and administrators now worry this stopgap can't last.
