Read the new book from Sally Pipes “The World’s Medicine Chest”
Sally C. Pipes
February 4, 2025
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 ...
Do price controls affect which drugs patients have access to and how soon?
Sally C. Pipes
December 24, 2025
Do price controls affect which drugs patients have access to and how soon? They absolutely do. Just look at the situation in Europe. For years, drug companies have been choosing to withhold certain medicines from European markets rather than accept ...
Our ‘little tree’ needs a little love: Why agriculture deserves better policy
Pam Lewison
December 23, 2025
Farmers and ranchers are remarkable people. Collectively, farms in the United States earned $159 billion in take-home pay in 2025. That earned income seems astronomical until the gross income is considered – $624 billion in 2025, meaning about $465 billion ...
Will Residents Benefit from Latest SF ‘CEO Tax’? History Says No.
Kerry Jackson
December 22, 2025
The reasoning behind the tax is to ensure “that the biggest corporations, whose executives earn hundreds of times more than their average workers, contribute their fair share.” Stand Up believes dollars generated by the tax will offset the loss of $400 ...
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In November, a group of Democrats in the U.S. House made clear that they’ll sacrifice medical innovation for lower drug prices if they ever reclaim ...
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Making healthcare more affordable requires reforms that strengthen competitive markets, as I outlined in a recent Pacific Research Institute1 paper. Unfortunately, as we’re seeing in ...
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