Think you’re the only one stashing your financial statements in a filing cabinet without first opening them? How do you think biotechnology companies feel? Today’s New York Times ran a story by Andrew Pollack (“Broader Financial Turmoil Threatens Biotech’s Innovation and Cash”) describing the impact of the economic downturn on the biotechnology sector. Among the… Continue reading Cash Crash
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Inflation, Health Care Reform, and Translational Research
“It’s Health Care Costs, Stupid.” So says Ezekiel Emanuel, paraphasing James Carville, in a Feb 29, 2008 commentary in JAMA. Emanuel argues that expanding health care coverage to the uninsured will be impossible and unsustainable unless the health care system gets a handle on cost inflation. What does this have to do with translational research?… Continue reading Inflation, Health Care Reform, and Translational Research