Debating science policy
Executive Summary
Merck Director of Global Outcomes Research and HTA Shuvayu Sen is a signatory on "ScienceDebate2008," an effort to promote a presidential debate on science and technology policy. Others endorsing the debate campaign include Lois Quam, formerly president of UnitedHealth's Public and Social Markets Group, University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics Director Arthur Caplan, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute President Jennie Hunter-Cevera and human genome researcher J. Craig Venter. Health policy topics listed by the group include antibiotic resistant bacteria, drug patents and generic drugs, the genome and bioethics...