Innovative therapies require innovative thinking on access and cost
Americans should have affordable access to innovative, disease-altering therapies. Achieving that will require innovative approaches.
When it comes to improving human health, I believe that Americans agree on three fundamental principles:
- Vigorous pursuit of innovation and breakthroughs will improve health and benefit patients, the health care system, and our society.
- New and better medicines can transform the treatment of devastating diseases and increase competition among innovators, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes and lower health care costs.
- All Americans should have access to affordable and effective treatments.
As a nation, we are making great progress on the first two principles. My company, Celgene, is one of many biopharmaceutical companies that are pushing, up to 70 percent of which could be first-in-class therapies for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory conditions, and many other unmet medical needs.
