New medicines in the pipeline can extend lives, save money, and even help stop disease before symptoms appear—if we don’t discourage their innovators and investors by trying to lower drug prices artificially. Unlocking Precision Medicine explores the environment necessary for creation of these health care game changers, and explains how the marketplace can effectively make them more affordable to all without killing the golden goose.
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Publication Details
Paperback / 64 pages
ISBN: 9781594039171
AVAILABLE: 11/1/2016
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Unlocking Precision Medicine
About the Authors
Paul Howard is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and director of health policy. Howard was part of the health care policy advisory group for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, has testified twice before Congress, and serves on a panel of judges for Celgene’s Innovation Impact Awards.
Peter Huber is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he writes about drug development, energy, technology, and the law. His most recent full-length book is The Cure in the Code: How 20th Century Law Is Undermining 21st Century Medicine.
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