Unneeded, unscientific restrictions around access to abortion medication remain in place, perpetuating a two decade-long intrusion of politics where it does not belong.  The incoming Biden-Harris...

With excitement of the encouraging data on COVID-19 prophylactic vaccines, let’s not forget the infection rate and mortality are higher than ever, and treatment options are limited. One of the missed opportunities...

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is starting in the U.K., and is on the doorstep in the U.S. and Europe, building to a collective huge sigh of relief. The efficacy, at least for the first two,...

There is no time to celebrate or mourn the elections. The United States and the world are on the edge of a precipice and must act quickly to avoid disaster. It is reasonable to assume that...

Publisher's note: the English language version of this article may be found here. 今年10月17日，中国发布了第四次专利法修正案，其中引入了专利链接和专利期限延长两项制度，用以加强对药物发明的专利保护。可惜这些业界期盼已久的改革并不能为面对仿制药挑战的创新药企提供太多喘息的机会。 当这个新法在2021年6月生效时...

On Oct. 17, China amended its patent law and introduced patent linkage and patent term extension to strengthen protection of pharmaceutical inventions. Unfortunately, the long-awaited changes are unlikely...

In recent years, it has become fashionable to focus on the high price of new treatments for certain cancers and rare diseases. Many observers ask why it is that U.S. citizens should subsidize the rest...

Regardless of the outcome of the elections, FDA is likely to have a new commissioner next year, one who will step into a leadership vacuum that is exhausting the agency’s supply of credibility and...

The COVID-19 pandemic has harmed thousands of cancer patients by delaying or postponing clinical trials for new anticancer agents in various indications. These patients, whose lives depend on finding new...

It is time to do away with the middlemen that drive up drug costs for patients through their complex system of kickbacks. This week’s House committee hearings on drug pricing are a sign the...

More than a third of Americans tell polls they would not take a vaccine to prevent COVID-19, the most devastating disease in 100 years. Vaccine hesitancy is even higher among Black people — hard-hit in...

With FDA’s independence in question, how the agency handles emergency use authorization of COVID-19 vaccines is becoming ever-more pressing. On the latest edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast,...

One of the most important public health tools to emerge this year is the concept of social distance. Its benefits aren’t limited to outdoor dining or supermarket checkout lines; they extend to interactions...

The U.S. is trying to fight a 21st century pandemic with prehistoric clinical trials -- and achieving the kind of efficiency you might expect. In the last six months, tens of thousand of patients have...

Weiji (危机), the Chinese term for crisis, combines the characters for “danger” and “opportunity,” an apt description of the challenge posed by COVID-19. While most of the world struggles with pandemic containment and ‘re-opening,’ China,...