Tournament: Newman Smith | Round: 2 | Opponent: Coppell Delgado | Judge: Joseph Donawho
Pharmaceutical RandD has skyrocketed after COVID – but sustained research relies on the strength of pharmaceutical plans.
CBO 21, Congressional Budget Office, Non-partisan Analysis for US Congress (Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry," Congressional Budget Office, https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57126) KD
CBO relied on the PhRMA data because before 2008, the NSF survey did not
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, or the number of people who might benefit from the new drugs.)
IP protections creates market power and funding to maximize production of live-saving medicines to vulnerable populations
Kennedy 19, Joe Kennedy is a senior fellow at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. He focuses on economic policy. For almost three decades, he has provided legal and economic advice to senior officials in the public and private sector. Much of this advice has been directed at public policies involving technology, competitiveness, and the social contract. He also consults privately on these issues. Dr. Kennedy previously served as the chief economist for the U.S. Department of Commerce where he oversaw a staff of 15 economists and regularly briefed the secretary of commerce on economic issues including the financial crisis and immigration reform. He has held numerous other positions in government, serving on committees in both houses of Congress and in the executive branch. As senior counsel for the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, he helped oversee investigations of the credit counseling industry, music downloading, and the United Nations Oil for Food Program. As senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee, he authored papers on telecommunications policy and nanotechnology. ("The Link Between Drug Prices and Research on the Next Generation of Cures," ITIF, https://itif.org/publications/2019/09/09/link-between-drug-prices-and-research-next-generation-cures) KD
The granting of a monopoly through patents and other intellectual property protection has a positive
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because the cost of financing falls for cash-constrained pharmaceutical firms."63
COVID proves pharma innovation saves lives – prevents future pandemics.
Roberts 6-3-2021, senior director of the health and human services task force at the American Legislative Exchange Council; she previously served as campaign manager for Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange's successful re-election campaign. She holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama ("Pandemic proves importance of pharmaceutical innovation," TheHill, https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/556633-pandemic-proves-importance-of-pharmaceutical-innovation) KD
If there is one big lesson learned from the COVID pandemic, it is the
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COVID pandemic has illustrated just how important it is to our everyday life.