Jennifer Bard

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Lawrence O. Gostin |Jennifer Bard

In 1972, testicular cancer was a leading killer of young men — almost uniformly fatal. Today, it has a 90 percent survival rate. The drug responsible for this miraculous reversal, Cisplatin, would never have been discovered without “indirect funding” from the National Institutes of Health — resources used for all the essential services needed to support clinical studies.

2 months ago | thehill.com | Lawrence O. Gostin |Jennifer Bard

In 1972, testicular cancer was a leading killer of young men — almost uniformly fatal. Today, it has a 90 percent survival rate. The drug responsible for this miraculous reversal, Cisplatin, would never have been discovered without “indirect funding” from the National Institutes of Health — resources used for all the essential services needed to support clinical studies.