BIO Statement on President Obama’s “Precision Medicine Initiative”
January 30 2015 - 3:20PM
Business Wire
Today, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released
the following statement on President Obama’s “Precision Medicine
Initiative”.
The following can be attributed to Jim Greenwood, BIO’s
President and CEO, who attended today’s conference at the White
House:
“We applaud President Obama’s announcement of a new 'Precision
Medicine Initiative' intended to better embrace the potential of
precision medicine, which would advance a new approach to
healthcare by tailoring therapies for patients to maximize clinical
benefit while reducing the risk of side effects.
“Precision medicine holds great promise for many health care
interventions to occur much earlier and with increased accuracy. We
are pleased that the Precision Medicine initiative and the Chronic
Disease Initiative longitudinal study proposed by BIO hold promise
of working very well together.
“We look forward to working with the Administration and the
National Institutes of Health – in addition to the Congress – to
develop public policies that will support the implementation of
precision medicine.
“Together, we are embarking on a new era that will transform
health care through the use of next generation modern medicines and
diagnostics that promise to save lives and reduce and eliminate
suffering.”
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please visit www.bio.org.
About BIO
BIO is the world's largest trade association representing
biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology
centers and related organizations across the United States and in
more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the
research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural,
industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also
produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest
gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with
industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the
world. BIOtechNOW is BIO's blog chronicling “innovations
transforming our world” and the BIO Newsletter is the
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