Innovation can be expensive. But good health is priceless — particularly when our lives or those of our loved ones are at stake.
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States today, her chances of surviving are much greater than in decades past — thanks to U.S. innovation. The incidence of breast cancer has increased by more than 200% globally in the past 40 years. But the U.S. mortality rate from breast cancer has dropped by more than half in that time, explained Sally C. Pipes, president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute.
“New treatments deserve a lot of the credit,” said Pipes, author of “The World’s Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy — and How to Keep It.” Breast cancer is one of many diseases that have seen improved treatment as a result of American research and innovation.
“Today, nearly half of all new drugs come from the United States,” Pipes said. “Further, U.S. patients get access to innovative medicines before anyone else in the world.”
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How innovation saves lives: What America’s pharmaceutical ecosystem gets right
Sally C. Pipes
Innovation can be expensive. But good health is priceless — particularly when our lives or those of our loved ones are at stake.
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States today, her chances of surviving are much greater than in decades past — thanks to U.S. innovation. The incidence of breast cancer has increased by more than 200% globally in the past 40 years. But the U.S. mortality rate from breast cancer has dropped by more than half in that time, explained Sally C. Pipes, president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute.
“New treatments deserve a lot of the credit,” said Pipes, author of “The World’s Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy — and How to Keep It.” Breast cancer is one of many diseases that have seen improved treatment as a result of American research and innovation.
“Today, nearly half of all new drugs come from the United States,” Pipes said. “Further, U.S. patients get access to innovative medicines before anyone else in the world.”
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Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.