We are honored to welcome Dr. Rik Mehta to the program!
A Pharmacist, professor of law at Georgetown University, & an attorney. He is former Senior Deputy Director for the Health Regulation and Licensing Administration.
As you all know he is running for the United States Senate in NJ as a Republican, looking to win the nomination and unseat Cory Booker...
Professionally, Dr. Mehta is a biotech entrepreneur and a renowned global healthcare policy expert. He is co-founder and sits on the Board of two privately held companies; The first is a regulatory technology firm built to reduce burdens imposed on doctors by state governments. The latter, very importantly right now, is a biotherapeutics company developing novel oral treatments targeting rare diseases!
Previously, Dr. Mehta worked at the United States Food and Drug Administration, starting during the George W. Bush Administration, advancing policies aimed at expediting and improving access to quality affordable drugs and free market based health care.
Dr. Mehta has deep expertise untangling the unnecessarily complicated regulations that make drugs expensive and healthcare unaffordable. He knows we need real healthcare reform now more than ever! Reform driven by competition and innovation, not government control!
With everything going on in the world right now he is the perfect Candidate for Senate in NJ... He will discuss tonight how he can truly make a very unique difference helping to navigate us out of our current crisis! & how he will help make NJ great again!