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System and the industries that are so much part of the United States economy. Thank you for doing that. And i apologize, mr. Chairman, for going so far over my time. No thats fine. Senator murray do you have any closing remarks. Dr. Murray, well stated. Thank you for both of your testimony. This was a good hearing. Senator alexander, i look forward to working with you on that. Thank you. And dr. Collins, do you know off hand, you mentioned the success rate has declined over the years. What about the absolute number of grants . Has that gone up . The absolute number of grants that we fund versus that we receive. It has bounced around, it was 10,000 30 years ago it was id have to get you the number. I was trying to compare that to the success rate. But the biomedical community has grown. It would be interested to see that. Thank you to both of you. Thank you for being here. Very important that you were here and we thank you for your six years of service at fda. And i hope youll accept ou
Held the secretary, held with china in december, this was one of the issues of very much on the agenda, and weve made some progress in moving ahead on the application of antimonopoly law that we think should be applied to deal with issues of competition, not issues of industrial policy. So we are engaged with them as are our competition authorities and the ftc to work to encourage them to apply the law as its intended to be applied. I know these are tough areas. Canadas creation of a heightened standard for patentability, for pharmaceutical patents is a serious problem for our u. S. Innovators. This standard to obtain and enforce patent rights in canada. Also inconsistent with the World Trade Organization and under the nafta. We have raised this concern directly and repeatedly with the canadian authorities. That issue is now being litigated, and i believe the canadian authorities are looking to see how it proceeds in litigation as we continue that dialogue with them. Ambassador, from o
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff president obama tapped senator john kerry today to replace outgoing secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we look at this first cabinet change for the president s second term with David Ignatius of the Washington Post and journalist and author james mann. Woodruff then, we turn back to the tragedy in newtown, connectit, as more victims are laid to rest one week after the shootings. Brown speaking out for the First Time Since the massacre, the nras Wayne Lapierre rejects calls for new limits on guns. I asked Congress Today to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put Armed Police Officers in every Single School in this nation. Woodruff and ray suarez talks to mark glaze, director of the progun control Advocacy Group mayors against illegal guns. Brown plus, we hear from High School Students from across the country, and gwen ifill
Bnsf railway. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the remaking of the obama administrations Foreign Policy team began today as the president nominated massachusetts senator john kerry to replace Hilary Clinton as secretary of state. The former president ial candidate who lost to george w. Bush in 2004 got the nod after u. N. Ambassador susan rice withdrew her name. Shed faced republican criticisms over the benghazi terrorist attack. President obama made the announcement this afternoon at the white house. I am very proud to announce my choice for americas next secretary of state