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Featured Commentary

Mary Woolley

President and CEO, Research!America:

In its 2007–2008 Global Competitiveness Report, the World Economic Forum ranked the United States the world’s most competitive economy, up from sixth place previously.  While we don’t lead on all scores, we received the top spot for innovation overall, for industry-university research collaboration, and for our ability to attract global talent. (read more)

Nancy Loving
Co-founder and Executive Director of WomenHeart: National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease:
The development of new medicines for heart disease in recent years has given women potentially life-saving treatment options. Unfortunately, many women are not benefiting from these treatments either because they are not diagnosed or because therapy is not offered to them. (read more)
Kevin Hassett
Resident Scholar and Director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research:
Where will tomorrow’s medical discoveries come from? Over the past decade, the answer increasingly has been the United States, home to the world’s most dynamic and vibrant economy. (read more)
J.D. Kleinke
Medical Economist and Author; Chairman of Health Strategies Network:
I sit down to write a few words about the value of medical innovation, about the good economic and public health news associated with the progress we have made over the past decade against cancer, HIV, heart disease, mental illness, and dozens of other diseases. But I am distracted by a fax on my desk. (read more)