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PATRICK SOON-SHIONG

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If we can sequence a patient's tumor and their blood in real time and have a treatment decision by the next morning, we will save lives. That is the system we are building.

genomicsoncology— J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, 2016
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We were not trying to make a new drug. We were trying to make an old drug tolerable. That turned out to be a bigger solution than anyone expected.

abraxanedrug-development— Forbes interview, 2011
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A free press is not a luxury. It is essential infrastructure — as important as roads and bridges. That is why I bought the Los Angeles Times.

civic-responsibilityjournalism— LA Times acquisition press conference, 2018
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I never set out to become a billionaire. I set out to solve a problem. The financial outcome was a consequence of getting the science right.

entrepreneurshipphilosophy— USC Commencement Address, 2019
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Everyone had accepted that the reactions were part of the treatment. Nobody stopped to ask whether the solvent itself was the problem. That question changed everything.

abraxanecancer-research— TED MED Talk, 2018