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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... PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM , HOWEVER , THERE IS MUCH DISAGREEMENT AS TO WHAT APPROACH TO TAKE . UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT , I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A HEALTH CARE CRISIS . IN FACT , THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN MY HOME ...
... PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM , HOWEVER , THERE IS MUCH DISAGREEMENT AS TO WHAT APPROACH TO TAKE . UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT , I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A HEALTH CARE CRISIS . IN FACT , THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN MY HOME ...
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... problem , in this is having a clear present effect on research now . This is not prospective , this is speculation , on my part . In December , we did a survey on companies , 60 companies in biotech industry doing AIDS research . Today ...
... problem , in this is having a clear present effect on research now . This is not prospective , this is speculation , on my part . In December , we did a survey on companies , 60 companies in biotech industry doing AIDS research . Today ...
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... problem with current gene therapy is that the im- planted gene functions continuously , sup- plying , for instance , a child with a missing protein to avert mental retardation . " But many genes in the body , such as the one for insulin ...
... problem with current gene therapy is that the im- planted gene functions continuously , sup- plying , for instance , a child with a missing protein to avert mental retardation . " But many genes in the body , such as the one for insulin ...
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... problems . Feinstein Partners , a Boston consulting firm , says biotech companies in 1993 raised $ 2.9 billion in public and private stock offer- ings , up from $ 2.5 billion in 1992 . But the biotech companies say initial public stock ...
... problems . Feinstein Partners , a Boston consulting firm , says biotech companies in 1993 raised $ 2.9 billion in public and private stock offer- ings , up from $ 2.5 billion in 1992 . But the biotech companies say initial public stock ...
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... incompatible . To address this problem , many innovative medical device companies are oving offshore . One consultant recently told us that more than 90 percent of their clients , which are medical device and pharmaceutical companies 3 47.
... incompatible . To address this problem , many innovative medical device companies are oving offshore . One consultant recently told us that more than 90 percent of their clients , which are medical device and pharmaceutical companies 3 47.
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