Private sector funding to the medical and research fields has been on the rise in Birmingham in recent years.
According to a Birmingham Business Journal analysis of federal data, general payments to physicians have increased from $3.7 million in 2013 to $6.7 million in 2014. And, as we noted in this week's Cover Story, that private funding is playing a growing role in the medical research field as federal funding has slipped nationally over the past decade.
For that story, we took a closer look…
Private sector funding to the medical and research fields has been on the rise in Birmingham in recent years.
According to a Birmingham Business Journal analysis of federal data, general payments to physicians have increased from $3.7 million in 2013 to $6.7 million in 2014. And, as we noted in this week's Cover Story, that private funding is playing a growing role in the medical research field as federal funding has slipped nationally over the past decade.
For that story, we took a closer look…