The state's life sciences industry, which generated $3.3 billion in economic activity in 2023, could be severely impacted by NIH funding cuts.

In this week's InnovationRx newsletter, federal judges halt Trump's cuts to NIH research payments, rural hospitals' ongoing financial struggles, a major measles outbreak and a new treatment for a rare neurological condition.

Louisiana research institutions say NIH funding that the Trump administration seeks to cut is critical to their work.

In response to the order, Rutgers Chief Financial Officer J. Michael Gower and Senior Vice President for Research Michael Zwick sent a message to faculty and staff describing the 15% cap as “equivalent to cutting the university budget in fiscal year 2025 by $22 million, although we know the impact on multi-year awards is far greater.”