Unauthorized GLP-1 Knockoffs Risk Patient Safety and Future Innovation, New PRI Brief Warns
As federal regulators intensify enforcement against companies selling unauthorized knockoffs of blockbuster weight-loss drugs, a new Pacific Research Institute brief warns that the booming GLP-1 knockoff market is creating patient safety risks while undermining future breakthrough medicines. “GLP-1s are among ...
New PRI Study Finds California Job Growth Lags Nation, High Costs Turn State’s Income Advantage into 35% Deficit
A new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute finds that California’s economic performance has fallen sharply behind the rest of the nation, with job growth since the COVID-19 pandemic at less than half the national rate, while the ...
Healthcare costs keep rising. Hospitals are a big reason why.
Congress recently hauled CEOs from some of the nation’s largest hospital systems to Capitol Hill to answer for America’s soaring healthcare costs. And lawmakers didn’t pull their punches. House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., accused hospitals of building ...
California’s Bad Energy Policy Is the Real Threat to the AI Boom
In early 2026, data centers consumed roughly 1,000 megawatts of electricity, about 2% of California ISO’s peak load. The California Energy Commission projects that figure will reach 4,500 megawatts, or 9% of peak demand, by 2040. That projection sits on top of ...
The Real Lesson Of America’s Rising Uninsured Rate
The number of uninsured Americans ticked upward to 26.7 million in 2024, according to an analysis published this month by KFF. The report’s authors attribute that trend to the “high cost of private insurance and limited availability of public coverage.” ...
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San Francisco’s Recovery—and Its Lessons
A few years ago, I was one of San Francisco’s harshest critics. Writing for the Pacific Research Institute, I documented rising crime, retail theft, open-air ...
Unauthorized GLP-1 Knockoffs Risk Patient Safety and Future Innovation, New PRI Brief Warns
As federal regulators intensify enforcement against companies selling unauthorized knockoffs of blockbuster weight-loss drugs, a new Pacific Research Institute brief warns that the booming GLP-1 ...
On The David Lucero Case: The Victims Left Behind
When David Lucero went to work one night in June 2013, he wasn’t thinking about criminal justice reform. He was thinking about his son. The ...
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