AACR: 21st Century Cures a “Model for An Open and Honest Conversation”

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Almost one year ago (on April 30, 2014), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), along with Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) announced the launch of 21st Century Cures, an initiative aimed at accelerating the pace of cures and medical breakthroughs in the United States by ensuring that our laws are keeping pace with innovation.

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José Baselga
President, American Association for Cancer Research; Physician-in-chief, chief medical officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
William S. Dalton
Chair, AACR Science Policy & Government Affairs Committee; chief executive officer, M2Gen; Director, DeBartolo Family Personalized Medicine Institute, Moffitt Cancer Center

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President, American Association for Cancer Research; Physician-in-chief, chief medical officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Chair, AACR Science Policy & Government Affairs Committee; chief executive officer, M2Gen; Director, DeBartolo Family Personalized Medicine Institute, Moffitt Cancer Center

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