Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2017
Joe Biden on his new cancer initiative, drug prices, and Donald Trump
3 May 2017 - Former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday detailed his new initiative to combat cancer during a frank, wide-ranging keynote at Fortune's second annual Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego that also touched on hot button issues like high drug prices, funding for biomedical research, and President Donald Trump.
The former VP's main thesis about what's holding back cures? Information-hoarding and a general unwillingness to share among private and public institutions alike—all of whom ostensibly have the same goal of beating cancer.
"I was stunned at what wasn't being done. The lack of cooperation, the lack of sharing data. That's how it all started," he said. "You all don't play well in the sandbox," he added, addressing a crowd filled with biopharmaceutical executives, investors, and scientists.
