Medical innovations discovered and developed by American scientists have had a dramatic impact on the length and quality of human life. Who among us doesn’t know someone who has recently benefited from modern medicine?
Today, the U.S. is the undisputed leader in medical innovation, and our biopharmaceutical sector is the envy of the world.
U.S. inventors and companies account for more than 80 percent of the world’s biotech R&D. Each year, we test more potential new medicines than the rest of the world combined. In 2011 alone, the FDA approved two novel personalized medicines for lung cancer and melanoma, two breakthrough medicines for Hepatitis C, 11 new medicines for rare diseases, and the first new medicine for treating lupus in more than 50 years.
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