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March 16, 2026 Innovation, Issues

A left-leaning pressure group recently sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking his agency to rescind the patent rights earned by the developers of GLP-1 drugs. Some 12% of U.S. adults have taken these medications. Rescinding the patents is a dangerous idea that would reduce our health and well-being. GLP-1 medications benefit patients with various conditions. They have become a popular weight loss drug that suppresses people’s appetites and helps patients living with Type 2...

February 10, 2026 Briefs, Studies

A new issue brief released today by the Pacific Research Institute—the California-based, nonpartisan, free market think tank—finds that certain states' efforts to tighten corporate practice of medicine laws hurt independent physicians, empower hospitals to consolidate local provider markets, and raise healthcare costs. "Competition is a prerequisite for affordable, high-quality care," said Dr. Wayne Winegarden, the author of the issue brief and Director of the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute. "States are understandably concerned about...