Why Scientists, Not Investors, Should Drive Technological Progress
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Whether it’s the car you drive, the computer you’re reading this article on, or the vaccine that kept your child from getting…
Whether it’s the car you drive, the computer you’re reading this article on, or the vaccine that kept your child from getting…
A new article in the British Medical Journal describes the endemic problem of industry influence in healthcare. The authors…
A global campaign has been launched in the British Medical Journal to start to build an evidence base for healthcare that is…
Over the last two decades, industry funding for medical research has increased globally, while government and non-profit…
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2018, The New York Times Company). The medical research grant system i…
Funding is harder to find in general, and the current approach favors low-risk research and proposals by older scientists and…
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In 1984, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) began requiring authors of research papers to disclose financial…
Research is a vital part of modern medicine. It represents the ongoing effort to achieve greater insight into the cause and…
In the Huffington Post today, Francis Collins, head of the NIH, once again told us, congress, and the world, what we already kno…
Given international trends, the United States will relinquish its historical international lead in biomedical research in the…
A couple weeks ago, Bill posted about the JAMA paper on medical research. Below I share a few of the paper’s charts. Some you…
Even as research funding in the US steadily declines, Asia has made aggressive investments, study reports.
Throughout the 20th century, medical research and public health science was primarily done by corporations - the United States…
Here's a look at the state of medical research in the US versus other developed countries (open-access article at JAMA). Some…
Here's a look at the state of medical research in the US versus other developed countries (open-access article at JAMA). Some…
NEJM 15 Jan 2015 Vol…
By Kate Greenwood [Cross-posted at Health Reform Watch] A week ago, the Food and Drug Administration announced the results of a…
The roundup is formatted with the title of the story, followed by the news source in parentheses and a brief summary. If you…
America is no longer the only game in town: Though the United States is still leading the world in research related to diseases…
The US is facing many critical health problems. An aging population means that there is an increasing burden of cancer and…
Bloomberg…
The U.S. has significantly cut funding for medical research compared to other countries between 2004 and 2012, according to a…
The United States is steadily losing ground as the global leader in medical research. A new study tracked medical research…
America’s young scientists are constantly losing the battle to receive more funding. They’re losing research dollars, leaving…
U.S. Funding of Health Research Stalls As Other Nations Rev…
(AP Photo/Dave Kolpack) U.S. investment in medical research has slowed down greatly over the past decade, and the research…
(AP Photo/Dave Kolpack) U.S. investment in medical research has slowed down greatly over the past decade, and the research…