Will This Billionaire Save Your Life?
Biomedical Tycoon Patrick Soon-Shiong Talks With ASU’s Michael Crow About the Imminent, Hoped-For Healthcare Revolution
We’ve all heard the dismal facts about the American healthcare system: high spending, low-quality treatment, poor delivery, and spotty access. But biomedical innovator, businessman, and physician Patrick Soon-Shiong–who is also the richest man in Los Angeles and a Lakers part-owner–says the problems aren’t intractable. Far from it. Instead, we’re on the cusp of a more personalized, more accurate, and less error-prone era in American medicine. In fact, Soon-Shiong indicated that in less than a month, when he is in Washington, he will announce the development of a new system of …
