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Opinion: A biopharma innovator’s 5 wishes for Trump’s State of the Union address

The pace of biomedical discovery has never been faster. Trump should keep the momentum going in his State of the Union address.
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We live in a time where the pace of biomedical discovery has never been faster and the opportunity for patients’ access to transformative medicines has never been greater. We are in the era of precision medicine, attacking disease with genetic therapies. This is an exhilarating time for patients, many of whom previously faced a future with little hope of getting better.

It’s also an exciting time for U.S.-based biopharma innovators, as we lead the world into the new frontier of

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