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MichBio Responds to Governor's Plan to Repeal Tort Reform Laws

Published in Law and Health Weekly, February 16th, 2008

In a letter to Governor Jennifer Granholm today, MichBio Executive Director, Stephen Rapundalo, Ph.D., responded to the Governor's State of the State Address wherein she called for a repeal of current tort laws. MichBio is the statewide association for Michigan's life sciences industry.

"MichBio lauds your efforts, and those of the legislature, to diversify the state's economy by focusing on high technology areas like life sciences," said Rapundalo, writing on behalf of MichBio's more than 230 members. "However, a repeal of existing tort laws would be a detriment to the life sciences industry, would reverse 10 years of steady growth, neuter the economic development...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2008-02-16)

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