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Nature 431, 886 (21 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431886b; Published online 20 October 2004

Early success claimed for Zerhouni's NIH roadmap

Meredith Wadman

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Reform of US biomedical research is well on the way.

It is just over a year since Elias Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced a far-reaching plan to transform key areas of biomedical research in the United States. And last week, the NIH director declared that his "roadmap" for the agency is bang on schedule.