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The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute

Articles by John E. Calfee

What Do Vitamins and Fish Oil Tell Us about Drug Research? Thursday, August 6, 2009
There is a second world of drug research, a world in which patents do not exist and for-profit research is permanently moribund. Its history should stop ...
A Public Health Disaster in the Making Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Congress is poised to pass one of the worst public health laws ever conceived.
Decoding the Use of Gene Patents Friday, May 15, 2009
In good news, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has resisted researchers' overreaching in their patenting of genes, and researchers’ work is seldom ...
A Troubling Supreme Judgment Friday, March 6, 2009
The Supreme Court’s decision in Wyeth v. Levine will be negative for patient welfare.
Medicine's Miracle Man Friday, January 23, 2009
Maurice Hilleman's remarkable period of industrial scientific research yielded the most cost-effective medicines ever made.
Tough Challenges at the FDA Thursday, January 15, 2009
Obama’s FDA commissioner should avoid actions that make the drug development process more costly and inefficient.
'Seeding' Sales and Science Monday, August 25, 2008
Marketing-driven clinical trials intend to increase sales and profits—but also yield enormous benefits for patients.
The Indispensable Industry Wednesday, June 11, 2008
New efforts to undermine the country’s drug development system are cause for worry.
Lessons of the Heart Tuesday, April 3, 2007
A surprising new study on heart disease treatments won’t just change medicine—it will help shape basic science.
The Truth about the Drug Ads Friday, February 2, 2007
Many people love to hate DTCA, but research suggests the ads do more good than harm.