Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Why does federal funding matter? 💊 National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding contributed to all of the 210 drugs approved between 2010 and 2016. 💵 For every $1 invested into NIH-funded research, an estimated $2.5 dollars are generated in economic activity. 110
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025💙 The treatment of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers has been revolutionized by the development of statins, tPA, GLP-1 receptor agonists and immunotherapies, respectively—all enabled by NIH-funded research. 000