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Article: Research Imperative Pits Access Against Innovation.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Staff Writer
CHICAGO - With the first of the baby boomers set to turn 65 in only a few years, the question facing the life sciences industry is whether the need for effective treatment for chronic and degenerative diseases justifies the anticipated increase in health care costs, and panelists at a bioethics session during BIO 2006 argued both sides of the issue.
Gathering in a meeting room in the McCormick Place convention center on the first day of the conference, panelists debated the research imperative, the notion today's society is obligated to support efforts to discover and develop new technologies.
Dan Perry, executive director for the ...