The PMC is pleased to announce that it will hold a luncheon for Members of Congress, their staffs and PMC members on September 28th at 12:30 pm in 2261 Rayburn House Office Building with special guest speakers Newt Gingrich, Founder, Center for Health Transformation and Francis Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute. They will discuss personalized medicine and the public policy issues that will support or impede its advancement.

Hosted by Representatives Judy Biggert (R-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Ney (R-OH), and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the bi-partisan authors of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, the briefing will focus in particular on the impact that fear of genetic discrimination is having on medical progress today. According to a study recently released study by Cogent Research, 68 percent of Americans say that they are concerned about the privacy of genetic information, and one third say that they would even forgo a genetic test because of that concern.

Click here to register, or rsvp to peter.norman@mpi.com. Seating is limited to PMC members.

Edward Abrahams, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Personalized Medicine Coalition
1401 H Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202-589-1770 (phone)
610-389-0019 (cell)
eabrahams@PersonalizedMedicineCoalition.org
www.PersonalizedMedicineCoalition.org