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 ...
Chaos At The FDA Benefits America’s Rivals—At The Expense Of America’s Patients
Sally C. Pipes
December 15, 2025
Chaos has become the norm at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. And it’s putting American patients, not to mention our country’s world-leading life sciences sector, at risk. Earlier this year, roughly 3,500 FDA employees were laid off. The agency’s ...
Democrats Can’t End Private-Sector Drug Innovation Fast Enough
Sally C. Pipes
December 15, 2025
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 Congress. Patients today and tomorrow will be the losers in that trade. Read the op-ed ...
The real story behind Trump’s GLP-1 price cut: Markets still rule
Sally C. Pipes
December 15, 2025
President Donald Trump just announced deals with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk that will yield lower prices for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs dispensed through Medicare and Medicaid. Both firms have also agreed to sell the drugs at lower prices on ...
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