CHI-California Healthcare Institute is a private, non-profit public policy research and advocacy organization, representing more than 250 universities, academic research centers, biotechnology, and medical device companies.[1] Founded in 1993, and based in La Jolla, California, CHI has offices in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, California. CHI publishes an annual California Biomedical Industry report,[2] providing data on the scope and scale of academic and commercial life sciences research and development within the state. In 2008,[3] the industry employed more than 270,000 Californians and produced revenues in excess of $75 billion.

FDA device approval reform

CHI published a study, Competitiveness and Regulation: The FDA and the Future of America’s Biomedical Industry,[4] which concluded that device approval times had increased, that approval times in the European Union were faster than those in the U.S., and that "inefficiency at the FDA had resulted in American inventions made available to patients and physicians in other countries first ... [and] has pushed jobs and revenues offshore."

This report was presented at an oversight hearing of the House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, on FDA medical device regulation.[5]

The report defended the expedited approval process for devices and said that "Devices, in contrast, may be altered in minor ways -- switching to a new metal alloy, installing a longer-lasting battery, using a better polymer -- so that the effects on the product's safety and efficacy profile are predictable."

The Democratic members of the committee submitted the report to editors of major peer-reviewed journals for evaluation.[6]

CHI Board of Directors

CHI's Chairman is Carl Hull,[7] president and chief executive officer, Gen-Probe, Inc.; its President and CEO is David Gollaher.

Board members include:

CHI Membership Members include the University of California, Amgen, University of California, Irvine, Biogen Idec, Stanford, Amgen, Genentech and Gilead Sciences.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Cooke, Philip (August 2002). Regional Science Policy and the Growth of Knowledge Megacentres in Bioscience Clusters (PDF). Regional Science Association 42nd EUROPEAN CONGRESS. pp. 21–23. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2010-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Competitiveness and Regulation: The FDA and the Future of America’s Biomedical Industry Archived 2012-01-29 at the Wayback Machine California Healthcare Institute and the Boston Consulting Group, Feb. 2011
  5. ↑ Pecquet, Julian (July 20, 2011). "Dems slam FDA critics ahead of medical device hearing". TheHill.
  6. ↑ House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM , July 20, 2011 Archived 2011-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "GPRO, Gen-Probe Management, Carl W. Hull, Robert B. Blake, R. William Bowen, Tammy J. Brach, Diana De Walt, Jorgine Ellerbrock, Paul Gargan, Cristina Giachetti, Ph.D., Brian B. Hansen, Kevin Herde, Daniel L. Kacian, Ph.D., M.D., Stephen J. Kondor, Eric Lai, Ph.D., Brad Phillips, Herm Rosenman, Eric Tardif, Michael Watts, Christina Yang, Ph.D., CQA, RAC". July 13, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13.
  8. ↑ "California Healthcare Institute, Inc. » About CHI » Leadership » Ken Berger". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  9. ↑ "Home". corporate.thermofisher.com.
  10. ↑ "Board of Directors". Leadership. California Healthcare Institute. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "California Healthcare Institute, Inc. » About CHI » Leadership » Terry Hermiston, Ph.D.(2)". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  12. ↑ http://pharma.bayer.com/scripts/pages/en/index.php
  13. ↑ "California Healthcare Institute, Inc. » About CHI » Leadership » Steve Krognes". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  14. ↑ "Genentech". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  15. ↑ "California Healthcare Institute, Inc. » About CHI » Leadership » Eric J. Topol, MD". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  16. ↑ "Scripps Translational Science Institute". stsiweb.org.
  17. ↑ "Top San Diego Doctors, Hospitals and Clinics - Scripps Health".
  18. ↑ "Home". West Health.
  19. ↑ "CHI Member List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
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