Top White House Officials to Meet With Biotech Executives and Researchers
- VP Pence, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner listed on agenda
- Summit follows massive proposed cuts to NIH research budget
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Almost a dozen top administration officials, including the vice president and two Trump family members, are scheduled to meet next month with drug companies and government scientific researchers at the White House, according to an agenda obtained by Bloomberg.
Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner will attend the May 8 summit, along with the head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, executives from Celgene Corp. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., and leaders of top research universities and hospitals.