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Joe Pitts: “There is an enormous amount of human suffering and the potential for curing disease that is essentially being left on…”

On the recordApril 5, 2011
There is an enormous amount of human suffering and the potential for curing disease that is essentially being left on the shelf in the pipeline going to other countries.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts highlights the need to address human suffering and improve drug access.

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