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On the recordFebruary 16, 2000
Yes, she could have been from anywhere. But these drugs, particularly for osteoporosis, have saved her life. We are looking at some of these advances that are just around the corner with diseases before that have been so crippling, and again, we are almost there in lots of cases. That medical research money is so necessary, not only that we provide to the National Institutes of Health, but also the research and development money that pharmaceutical companies use as well, to try and develop drugs in major ways.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing the importance of medical research funding for drug development.

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