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01.28.09 'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature Emmy Award-Nominated Actress Meredith Baxter
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01.20.09 PhRMA Statement on Inauguration of President Obama
01.08.09 PhRMA Statement on Health Care Reform Ad (Watch the Ad Now)
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More Than 2,000 New Medicines In Development for Older Americans
Topping the health challenges for seniors are heart disease, cancer and cerebrovascular disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And more than 2,000 medicines currently being tested in clinical trials or are waiting for Food and Drug Administration approval.
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109 Medicines and Vaccines Now
In Development for HIV/AIDS
America’s pharmaceutical research companies are testing 109 medicines and vaccines to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS and related conditions.
Fueling Innovation Would Be Our Best for a Better World
Through the intellectual property system, innovations become permanent assets that all of society owns – forever. With access to this knowledge, others can build on it and create new innovations.
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R&D by Pharmaceutical CompaniesReaches New Record of $58.8 Billion
America’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology research companies invested a record $58.8 billion last year in the research and development of new life-changing medicines and vaccines – an increase of nearly $3 billion.
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