Senate Subcommittee Will Hold Hearing on Building a Resilient Health Care Future with Biotechnology

On August 4, 2026, the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care will hold a hearing on “Building a Resilient Health Care Future with Biotechnology.” The Subcommittee will hear from the following witnesses:

• Alan D. Palkowitz, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI);

• Michelle Rozo, Ph.D., Vice Chair, National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB);

• Vera P. Luther, M.D., MS, Section Chief of Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Health; and

• Kevin Outterson, JD, LL.M., Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law, and Executive Director and Principal Investigator of Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X), Boston University.