SCIENCE INTERVIEW:
View From the Top of a Biomedical Empire
Eliot Marshall
At a meeting last month, Science invited National Institutes of Health director Harold Varmus to reflect on what he sees as his major accomplishments during his 6 years at NIH, his disappointments, and some ideas about NIH's future. Here we give a condensed version of his conversation with Science's news and editorial staff, edited for clarity and concision.