Health Officials Announce Plan to Move Clinical Trials Back to United States

‘America should be the best place in the world to develop new medicines,’ Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
Health Officials Announce Plan to Move Clinical Trials Back to United States
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in Washington on April 21, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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The Trump administration is launching an effort aimed at bringing clinical trials back to the United States, after years of more trials moving overseas, according to a June 22 announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

HHS and some of its divisions, such as the Food and Drug Administration, are involved in the new effort, dubbed Operation TrailBlazer.

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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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