08/22/2011
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"The public expects governmental advisory committees to be impartial authorities when it comes to research and guidance on policy."
"Absent reforms, this is going to continue--lots of cures, and a big question mark when it comes to access and affordability."
"The question for me, the foremost question, is whether or not the American people are going to be able to afford these medicines."
"What underlies this debate, in my view, is the fact that the United States is in an era of miracle treatments and cures."