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A follow-up to recent monster #HematologyTweetstory 22 on the names of all 71 @theNCI Cancer Centers: the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (@NCCN), which (especially outside the US) is sometimes confused w/ @theNCI, but doesn't get direct NCI funds./1 nccn.org/members/networ…
@NCCN was a mystery to me as a hematology-oncology fellow. What is it, exactly? A cancer center faculty club?🙂A quasi-cooperative group? I suspect I wasn't alone in my confusion. This thread will include some history & description - and will mention a few areas of controversy./2 
I will now proceed to go on a #tweetrant / #tweetorial with regards to #Pharmaceutical #biotech pricing (focus on #cancer).
Very timely, also see @WSJ wsj.com/articles/big-p… on price hikes.
For the record, no #COI / #FCOI. Feel free to contribute to this discussion.
Very timely, also see @WSJ wsj.com/articles/big-p… on price hikes.
For the record, no #COI / #FCOI. Feel free to contribute to this discussion.
Lets look at the problem from the @PhRMA / business perspective. And lets suppose you are a wonderful company, started by wonderful people who just want to make the world a better place (I know, not real, but stay with me for a minute).
You start with a great idea / or pipeline platform and start selling this concept to #VC #VentureCapital, and lets assume that this is actually a really good idea. What is the needed return on investment to make this worth while. A: further R&D must exceed the cost of capital.
