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On November 19, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings hosted an event examining the outlook and opportunities for biomedical innovation in a challenging fiscal environment. Leaders in the field offered their thoughts on future directions of and policy priorities for the innovation enterprise. Following a brief keynote, a panel of senior thought leaders provided further discussion on actionable next steps to improve biomedical innovation.
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New Policy Directions for Biomedical Innovation
Agenda
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November 19
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Priorities for Biomedical Innovation in a Challenging Fiscal Environment
1:45 pm
EPEd Penhoet Director - Alta Partners -
Finding the Path Forward for Biomedical Innovation
2:25 pm
CAChristopher Austin Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences - National Institutes of HealthDBDeborah Brooks Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman - The Michael J. Fox FoundationRCRobert Conley Regulatory Leader and Distinguished Lilly Scholar - Eli Lilly and CompanyJMJohn Mendelsohn Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine and Director, Khalifa Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterESEarl Steinberg Executive Vice President of Innovation & Dissemination - Geisinger Health Solutions
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