Groups Petition for NIH Exercise of March-in Rights Over Abbott Laboratories …
Groups Petition for NIH Exercise of March-in Rights over Abbott Laboratories …
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Since 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act has encouraged, facilitated, and required universities and other recipients of Federal grant money to license inventions resulting from funded research for commercialization. While this has been one of the bedrocks …
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Q &A Voters Guide State Races
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I am currently on a task force charged with updating Minnesota's Medical Practices Act used by the Board of Medical Practice which licenses and, when necessary, enacts disciplinary actions on Minnesota's medical doctors for unsafe practices. It's vital …
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Geron Corporation Reports 2012 Third Quarter Financial Results and Events
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She co-founded Proteolix, Inc. and was responsible for leading the development of Proteolix's second generation proteasome inhibitor, carfilzomib (now marketed as Kyprolis), for the treatment of multiple myeloma, from discovery through completion of …
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Bilbray, Peters answer Cancer Action Network questionnaire
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Bilbray: For my entire Congressional career (1994-2000; 2006-present) I have been an outspoken champion of NIH research and in particular cancer research. In fact, I … While I have reservations about the Affordable Care Act, one thing is certain; we …
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Legalize Drugs: Zero Tolerance, Prohibition, Drug Laws, and the War on Drugs – Ron Paul – thefilmarchive.org 1988 Paul favors the right to use marijuana as a medical option. He was cosponsor of HR 2592, the States’ Rights to Medical Marijuana Act. He is currently a supporter of the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008. He also believes marijuana should be completely legal at the federal level. Paul contends that prohibition of drugs is ineffective and advocates ending the War on Drugs. “Prohibition doesn’t work. Prohibition causes crime.” He believes that drug abuse should be treated as a medical problem: “We treat alcoholism now as a medical problem and I, as a physician, think we should treat drug addiction as a medical problem and not as a crime.” The US Constitution does not enumerate or delegate to Congress the authority to ban or regulate drugs in general. Paul believes in personal responsibility, but also sees inequity in the current application of drug enforcement laws, noting in 2000, “Many prisoners are non-violent and should be treated as patients with addictions, not as criminals. Irrational mandatory minimal sentences have caused a great deal of harm. We have non-violent drug offenders doing life sentences, and there is no room to incarcerate the rapists and murderers.” When asked about his position on implementing the Tenth Amendment, Paul explained, “Certain medical procedures and medical choices, I would allow the states to determine that. The state law should prevail not the Federal Government.” Speaking specifically …