HEALTH REFORM'S EFFECT ON CANCER THERAPY INNOVATION
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HEALTH REFORM'S EFFECT ON CANCER THERAPY INNOVATION will be addressed at a Feb. 2 hearing of the House Science/Technology Sub- committee, chaired by Rep. Tim Valentine (D-N.C.). The heating "will focus on the possible impacts of health care reform on U.S. efforts to develop better techniques for diagnosing, controlling, and curing cancer," and will use cancer as a case study for assessing technological innovation in general, according to subcommittee background literature.