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Americans’ Views on Candidates and Medical Progress National public opinion survey commissioned by July 2016 Research!America

National Survey Methodology This nationwide online survey was conducted by Zogby Analytics on behalf of Research!America in June 2016, among 1,001 adults ages 18+. This survey has a theoretical sampling error of +/- 3.2 percentage points* The minority oversampling was conducted by Zogby Analytics on behalf of Research!America in June 2016, among 419 Hispanic, 305 Asian and 407 African-American adults ages 18+ with a theoretical sampling error of +/- 4.9 percentage points for African-Americans, +/- 4.9 percentage points for Hispanics, and +/- 5.7 percentage points for Asians.* *Due to rounding, the total may not add up to 100 on some slides

Majority Agree Medicines Have Improved Their Quality of Life Do you agree or disagree that medicines available today have improved your quality of life? 10% 4% 6% Strongly Agree 36% Somewhat Agree Somewhat Disagree Strongly Disagree Not Sure 45% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Important to Develop Better Medicines In your opinion, how important is it to develop better medicines for conditions we currently treat? 3% 1% 5% Very important 23% Somewhat important Not too important Not important at all Not Sure 68% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Less Than a Quarter say Congressional Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running for Congress listen to and understand the health concerns of people like you? 9% 7% Very Well 17% 38% Somewhat Well Not too Well Not Well at all Not Sure 30% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

One-Third say Presidential Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running for President listen to and understand the health concerns of people like you? 10% 8% 31% Very Well Somewhat Well Not too Well 25% Not Well at all Not Sure 28% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Few say Congressional Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running for Congress listen to and understand the health concerns of people like you? 12% 20% 30% 30% 8% Very Well Somewhat Well 11% 22% 30% 28% 10% Not too Well Not Well at all 8% 18% 34% 29% 11% Not Sure 6% 16% 31% 40% 8% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Few say Presidential Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running for President listen to and understand the health concerns of people like you? 15% 24% 33% 21% 6% Very Well 11% 22% 31% 23% 14% Somewhat Well Not too Well Not Well at all 11% 29% 26% 20% 15% Not Sure 7% 23% 30% 33% 8% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Important for Next President to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next President to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 8% 4% 10% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important 43% Not Important at all Not Sure 35% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Important for Next Congress to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next Congress to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 9% 5% 10% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important 43% Not Important at all Not Sure 34% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Important for Next President to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next President to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 56% 31% 6% 5% Democrats Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important 36% 35% 10% 7% 12% Independents Not at all Important Not Sure 35% 39% 14% 5% 7% Republicans Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Important for Next Congress to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next Congress to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 56% 28% 10% 5% Democrats Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important 38% 33% 8% 8% 14% Independents Not at all Important Not Sure 33% 40% 13% 6% 8% Republicans Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Important for Next President to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next President to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 53% 33% 7% 5% Very Important 43% 38% 10% 6% Somewhat Important Not too Important Not at all Important 41% 35% 11% 4% 8% Not Sure 36% 43% 12% 7% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Important for Next Congress to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next Congress to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 52% 35% 7% 5% Very Important 45% 31% 11% 8% Somewhat Important Not too Important Not at all Important 39% 39% 13% 8% Not Sure 39% 36% 11% 10% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Very Few Americans Have Heard Presidential Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last 30-60 days, have you heard any of the candidates for President discuss medical research? 12% 22% Yes No Not Sure 66% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Very Few Americans Have Heard Congressional Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last 30-60 days, have you heard any of the candidates for Congress discuss medical research? 9% 19% Yes No Not Sure 72% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Very Few Americans Have Heard Presidential Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last 30-60 days, have you heard any of the candidates for President discuss medical research? 18% 63% 19% Democrats Yes No 11% 70% 19% Republicans Not Sure 28% 6% 66% Independents Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Very Few Americans Have Heard Congressional Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last 30-60 days, have you heard any of the candidates for Congress discuss medical research? 12% 69% 19% Democrats Yes No 11% 74% 15% Republicans Not Sure 25% 3% 72% Independents Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Very Few Americans Have Heard Presidential Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last 30-60 days, have you heard any of the candidates for President discuss medical research? 23% 58% 19% 13% 62% 26% Yes No Not Sure 12% 66% 22% 11% 67% 21% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Very Few Americans Have Heard Congressional Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last 30-60 days, have you heard any of the candidates for Congress discuss medical research? 15% 62% 22% Hispanics 9% 64% 27% Yes Asians No Not Sure 9% 74% 17% Non-Hispanic Whites 9% 68% 23% African-Americans Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.

Americans Support Paying Additional Taxes to Invest in Research Would you support paying an additional $1 per week in taxes if you knew for sure that it would go towards the U.S. investing more in research to improve health? 11% 16% Strongly Support 11% Somewhat Support 29% Somewhat Oppose Strongly Oppose Not Sure 33% Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in June 2016.