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      Crystal Foretia
      Dec 26, 2017

      Viability of Orphan Drugs

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      What are your thoughts on this article?

      Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/22/572673636/fda-commissioner-are-the-incentives-right-for-orphan-drugs

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      Rachna Shah
      Dec 26, 2017

      High drug prices and drug development costs are problems that do need to be treated by the FDA; I wonder what the effect of reducing the tax credits by 25% for R&D will be though, and if it will cause drug prices to skyrocket even further.

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        Jul 4, 2018

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      • Crystal Foretia
        Apr 30, 2018

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      • Crystal Foretia
        Apr 10, 2018

        Democrats unsatisfied with Trump's Opioid Crisis Commission

        What are your thoughts on this article? What policies should the commission implement and how? Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/9/17215006/opioid-epidemic-trump-elizabeth-warren-patty-murray
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