Health Care Reform and Possible Effects on Innovative Therapies: Cancer as a Case Study : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, February 2, 1994, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 198 pages |
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... . Basham , President , Raleigh , NC Page 7 123 141 143 170 179 196 Human Gene Therapy Research Institute letter from Kenneth W. Culver , M.D. Executive Director 197 ( III ) HEALTH CARE REFORM AND POSSIBLE EF- FECTS ON INNOVATIVE THERAPIES.
... . Basham , President , Raleigh , NC Page 7 123 141 143 170 179 196 Human Gene Therapy Research Institute letter from Kenneth W. Culver , M.D. Executive Director 197 ( III ) HEALTH CARE REFORM AND POSSIBLE EF- FECTS ON INNOVATIVE THERAPIES.
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... Institutes of Health , National Naval Medical Center , the Walter Reed - I have FDA , many , many biotechnology companies , small and large , and , as somebody who also , as almost everybody else , has personally expe- rienced the loss ...
... Institutes of Health , National Naval Medical Center , the Walter Reed - I have FDA , many , many biotechnology companies , small and large , and , as somebody who also , as almost everybody else , has personally expe- rienced the loss ...
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... Institutes of Health National Naval Medical Center , the Walter Reed - I have FDA many , many biotechnology companies , small and large , and , as somebody who also , as almost everybody else , has personally expe rienced the loss of a ...
... Institutes of Health National Naval Medical Center , the Walter Reed - I have FDA many , many biotechnology companies , small and large , and , as somebody who also , as almost everybody else , has personally expe rienced the loss of a ...
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... institutes , so I have a special interest in ho pending health care legislation will affect the industry . During a hearing that this subcommittee held in my district i Worcester , Massachusetts , less than three months ago , we hear ...
... institutes , so I have a special interest in ho pending health care legislation will affect the industry . During a hearing that this subcommittee held in my district i Worcester , Massachusetts , less than three months ago , we hear ...
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... Institute estimates that overall costs for cancer were $ 104 billion for 1990. Earlier figures showed that cancer accounts for 10 % of the total cost of disease . Cancer exists in more than 100 forms . Our current therapies for cancer ...
... Institute estimates that overall costs for cancer were $ 104 billion for 1990. Earlier figures showed that cancer accounts for 10 % of the total cost of disease . Cancer exists in more than 100 forms . Our current therapies for cancer ...
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