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Jackie Speier: “Gleevec is a miracle drug. My former chief of staff's wife died of CML. Had she lived another couple of years Gleevec…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2020
Gleevec is a miracle drug. My former chief of staff's wife died of CML. Had she lived another couple of years Gleevec would have been discovered as this miracle drug and her condition would have been chronic and she would be alive today.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Editor's note · Context

Speier highlights the life-saving potential of Gleevec for leukemia patients.

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