Read the new book from Sally Pipes “The World’s Medicine Chest”

Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. <The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through ...

Cashing In On University Patents Means Giving Up On Our Innovation Future

Washington is addicted to taxing success. Now, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is floating a plan to skim half the patent earnings from inventions developed at universities with federal funding. It’s being sold as a way to shore up programs like ...

New World Screwworms arrive in the U.S. Now what?

Given the global environment we live and work in today, New World Screwworms have always been a threat to the U.S. cattle herd. The confirmation of New World Screwworms being found in a person in Maryland who had traveled from ...

America Can’t Tariff Its Way to a Manufacturing Boom

President Trump very recently signed an executive order exempting a range of products from his proposed tariffs, including some pharmaceuticals. One day prior, he issued an order exempting generic pharmaceuticals from Japan from tariffs. It’s encouraging news, to be sure ...

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Violent crime lessons from D.C., as it faces spike in carjackings

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According to the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count from July, “For the second straight year, homelessness is down across Los Angeles County, falling 4% ...
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How innovation saves lives: What America’s pharmaceutical ecosystem gets right

When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States today, her chances of surviving are much greater than in decades past — ...

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