
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 ...
Read part 3 of a series on drug pricing
Regulations, Not Anticompetitive Actions, Are Obstructing Drug Competition
Wayne Winegarden
July 30, 2025
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 integral component used in combination with the broader healthcare system. As a result, spending on ...
America Doesn’t Have Enough Doctors. Medicare Is Making That Worse.
Sally C. Pipes
July 29, 2025
The United States is facing a shortage of 37,000 physicians, according to the latest research from the Association of American Medical Colleges. That deficit will more than double to 86,000 doctors by 2036. Medicare’s chronically low reimbursement rates deserve at ...
How Price Controls Make a Healthy Drug Market Sick
Sally C. Pipes
July 29, 2025
The unspoken assumption behind the prescription drug price controls at the heart of the Democrats’ August 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is that the pharmaceutical market is broken. According to this view, drugmakers have the power to charge whatever they ...
Read part 3 of a series on drug pricing
Regulations, Not Anticompetitive Actions, Are Obstructing Drug Competition
Wayne Winegarden
July 30, 2025
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