
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 ...
Trump Embraces Disastrous Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing
Sally C. Pipes
August 29, 2025
President Donald Trump gave American drug companies an ultimatum last month. Either they agree to adopt foreign-style price controls, or the administration “will deploy every tool in [its] arsenal” to do it for them. More specifically, the president asked drug ...
Using The Government To Crush Competitors Harms Fans And The Economy
Wayne H Winegarden
August 29, 2025
Cronyism and industrial policy are thriving to the detriment of our economic vibrancy. Consider that between 1960 and 2007 – right before the Great Recession – the economy expanded by more than 3% annually. Recessions happened, of course, but the ...
Tariffs Won’t Secure Our Drug Supply Chain—They’ll Break It
Sally C. Pipes
August 29, 2025
The Trump administration is considering massive “Section 232” tariffs on imported medicines from key U.S. allies, including the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, and South Korea. While tariffs on some countries, such as EU member states, could be ...
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Read part 3 of a series on drug pricing
Regulations, Not Anticompetitive Actions, Are Obstructing Drug Competition
The flaws driving up costs across the broader health care landscape are also driving up the costs for innovative drugs. After all, pharmaceuticals are an ...
Learn about the latest Newsom plan on homelessness
Fixing Years Of Missteps On Homelessness
“There’s nothing compassionate about letting people die on the streets,” Newson said announcing the model ordinance. The plan would make it unlawful to set up ...
New PRI Brief Warns Trump Drug Price Control Policies Would Lead U.S. Down the Path to European-Style Socialism
SACRAMENTO – The Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute – a nonpartisan, California-based, free market think tank – today released ...
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