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Despite High Costs, Americans Support Potential of Innovative Gene Therapies to Cure Difficult-to-Treat Diseases
SAN FRANCISCO – A new poll from the California-based nonpartisan think tank, the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), shows that Americans overwhelmingly support innovative gene therapies, which change the focus of medicine from treating illnesses to curing illnesses. Click here to read the top-line results of PRI’s poll on gene therapies ...
California
Next Round’s 100th Episode with Special Guest House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy
It’s the 100th episode of Next Round with PRI and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is our special guest. We discuss the first 6 months of the Democratic majority in the House, and a host of issues of concern to Californians including big tech and privacy, high-speed rail, health care, ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – June 21
Tim Anaya – John Stossel on San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis This week, PRI released a new issue brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis, authored by our Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden. With homelessness in San Francisco on my mind, I present a recent video on homelessness in San Francisco from ...
Commentary
We Need Reciprocity Of Drug Approvals To Address Critical Drug Shortages
By Henry I. Miller and John J. Cohrssen Published in Issues and Insights We hear a lot about rising drug prices, but largely ignored is a far more acute and worrisome problem: widespread shortages of critical medications, many of which are essential in medical practice. University of Chicago researchers last ...
California
NEW STUDY: Free-Market Reforms, Private Charities Key to Addressing San Francisco’s Growing Homeless Crisis
A new brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis published today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute concludes that the city could make great strides in reducing homelessness by encouraging and supporting private sector involvement, while making policy changes that will invite a homebuilding boom. The brief includes more than a ...
California
Kerry Jackson Discusses Living in Fear in California on Newsmax TV
Watch Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss his new book, Living in Fear in California, on “The Brett Winterble Show” on Newsmax TV. Click here to watch the interview (The interview begins at the 1:01:35 mark)
Education
John Yoo and Steve Hayward – What’s Wrong with Universities and Can They Be Fixed?
In this special episode – recorded at a recent PRI luncheon in San Francisco – PRI Senior Fellow and UC Berkeley Professor Steve Hayward and UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo share their thoughts diversity, equality, and the attacks on free speech on college campuses. They share their experiences teaching at UC ...
Commentary
FDA must do more to protect consumers from ‘outright fraud’ of dietary supplements
By Henry I. Miller and Josh Bloom Published in Genetic Literacy Project Dietary supplements are big business. Three out of four Americans take one or more on a regular basis, and for older Americans the fraction is four out of five. One in three children also takes supplements. The estimated ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – June 14
Tim Anaya – Cancer Treatments and Financial Returns This week, PRI’s new Center for Medical Economics and Innovation released a new issue brief on the issue of cancer treatments and financial returns. It analyzes an oft-quoted study by the World Health Organization that has been used to argue cancer treatment ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses CA Plan to Expand Medi-cal Eligibility for Undocumented on Wilkow Majority
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses California’s plan to expand Medi-cal eligibility for undocumented immigrants living in the state on the “Wilkow Majority” on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-6-12-19.mp3
Despite High Costs, Americans Support Potential of Innovative Gene Therapies to Cure Difficult-to-Treat Diseases
SAN FRANCISCO – A new poll from the California-based nonpartisan think tank, the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), shows that Americans overwhelmingly support innovative gene therapies, which change the focus of medicine from treating illnesses to curing illnesses. Click here to read the top-line results of PRI’s poll on gene therapies ...
Next Round’s 100th Episode with Special Guest House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy
It’s the 100th episode of Next Round with PRI and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is our special guest. We discuss the first 6 months of the Democratic majority in the House, and a host of issues of concern to Californians including big tech and privacy, high-speed rail, health care, ...
What We’re Watching – June 21
Tim Anaya – John Stossel on San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis This week, PRI released a new issue brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis, authored by our Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden. With homelessness in San Francisco on my mind, I present a recent video on homelessness in San Francisco from ...
We Need Reciprocity Of Drug Approvals To Address Critical Drug Shortages
By Henry I. Miller and John J. Cohrssen Published in Issues and Insights We hear a lot about rising drug prices, but largely ignored is a far more acute and worrisome problem: widespread shortages of critical medications, many of which are essential in medical practice. University of Chicago researchers last ...
NEW STUDY: Free-Market Reforms, Private Charities Key to Addressing San Francisco’s Growing Homeless Crisis
A new brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis published today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute concludes that the city could make great strides in reducing homelessness by encouraging and supporting private sector involvement, while making policy changes that will invite a homebuilding boom. The brief includes more than a ...
Kerry Jackson Discusses Living in Fear in California on Newsmax TV
Watch Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss his new book, Living in Fear in California, on “The Brett Winterble Show” on Newsmax TV. Click here to watch the interview (The interview begins at the 1:01:35 mark)
John Yoo and Steve Hayward – What’s Wrong with Universities and Can They Be Fixed?
In this special episode – recorded at a recent PRI luncheon in San Francisco – PRI Senior Fellow and UC Berkeley Professor Steve Hayward and UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo share their thoughts diversity, equality, and the attacks on free speech on college campuses. They share their experiences teaching at UC ...
FDA must do more to protect consumers from ‘outright fraud’ of dietary supplements
By Henry I. Miller and Josh Bloom Published in Genetic Literacy Project Dietary supplements are big business. Three out of four Americans take one or more on a regular basis, and for older Americans the fraction is four out of five. One in three children also takes supplements. The estimated ...
What We’re Watching – June 14
Tim Anaya – Cancer Treatments and Financial Returns This week, PRI’s new Center for Medical Economics and Innovation released a new issue brief on the issue of cancer treatments and financial returns. It analyzes an oft-quoted study by the World Health Organization that has been used to argue cancer treatment ...
Sally Pipes Discusses CA Plan to Expand Medi-cal Eligibility for Undocumented on Wilkow Majority
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses California’s plan to expand Medi-cal eligibility for undocumented immigrants living in the state on the “Wilkow Majority” on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-6-12-19.mp3
