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Host this week on newsmakers, former republican congressman James Greenwood from pennsylvania, served from 1993 to and currently is president 2005 and ceo of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. We also have Peter Sullivan, reporter with the hill. And sarah carlon smith. Welcome to you all. Congressman, what is your organization, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization . James we are the National Trade association for about 1000 biotechnology companies. Most of them in the Drug Discovery business. When you think of pharma, they have the Biggest Companies in the industry merck, pfizer, ...

Participants raised their hands and said yes. Thats an arguable position. There are arguments for and against that. But the first question you need to answer in this as in any other policy proposal is what is this going to cost. And there simply hasnt been very much interest or exploration in this question x. So thats why were releasing the two papers were releasing today and having this panel discussion, is precisely to get a sense of what it could cost us. Not definitive, these are estimates. Maybe theyll be different. Other people have other estimates. Wed love to see them, but nobody reall...

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To introduce todays participants. We will discuss the future of health care and i will begin by introducing our guest speaker, someone i have known for many years and consider a mentor and friend. Also, a National Federation that supports Blue Cross Blue Shield crossies, including blue shield michigan. The system, through its coversion of insurers one out of every three americans. I think that it is a very important statistic. It serves every zip code in the coded states and every zip in america, someone has a blue cross card. It is one of the most trusted brands in health care [no audio] and ...

Peter sullivan is a reporter withthe hell, and the hill. What is the Biotechnology Innovation Organization . Trade we are the national a Photo Association for about 1000 biotech companies, most in the Drug Discovery business. When you think of pharma with a capital p, they are the biggest companies, mercks, pfizer merck, pfizer, Johnson Johnson. What distinguishes us is we have hundreds of Startup Companies that are on the cutting edge of biotechnology innovation of new medicines. drug pricing is the hot issue. Thatve seen polling data about three in 10 americans are basically rationing medici...