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On the recordFebruary 8, 2024
FDA approved the cancer drug KEYTRUDA in 2014, based on NIH research that my father helped to pay for as a truck driver at the Hood Milk Company.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Markey highlights the connection between NIH funding and the approval of a vital cancer drug.

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