The legislation we are discussing today... would eliminate today's high-priced marketing monopolies.
I appreciate the opportunity to be here. I want to thank you for holding these hearings, and I'm honored to be here to testify in support of...
Anyone want to add to the question of how it just so happens that the U.S. Government goes around the world telling developing countries tha...
the U.S. Government has been pushing for more stringent IP standards worldwide, including in developing countries.
Do you need to be an economist to know that? That's my question.
the time is long overdue for us to place that flag down and to move forward vigorously in a concept that can save millions of lives around t...
opening statement
I start my approach to healthcare from a very basic premise--and it's something that I have believed throughout my entire life--that health ...
The bottom line is that the goal of our laws and policies for medicines must be to develop drugs as quickly as possible, drugs that are the ...
The problem is that the medicines are very costly.
In other words, what you're saying is, at least, theoretically, what we would like is the drug companies to be investing in trying to find s...
This too is an important change which I strongly agree with.
People should not be dying because they can't afford a rather small cost for drugs.
the same exact drug, which in a local pharmacy here in Washington, DC, will cost a patient $25,000, is being purchased by the U.S. Governmen...
We want a cure, and I'm here to tell you that the HIV community will not rest until we have one.
I will never forget sitting in a room with the president of South Africa... and he was being berated, berated, for standing up to the pharma...
I believe that by breaking the link between drug prices and the rewards for medical research and development, we can provide virtually unive...
I urge you to do everything that you can to prevent this reversal.
