Health Care Reform and Business Development: 10 Reasons it Matters
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
The drama of the health care reform debate is undeniable, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to see how it will change the business of drug development. But it will, and we’ll give you 10 reasons why.
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