Current：Home > NewsNew drugs. Cheaper drugs. Why not both? -TradeSphere
New drugs. Cheaper drugs. Why not both?
View
Date：2025-04-16 13:45:13
Here's the argument: Americans pay loads for drugs. That motivates and funds pharmaceutical companies' research and development for better drugs. The fear is that if you lower the cost of drugs you might hurt overall innovation.
Today on the show, we speak with a health economist who argues that's not always true. In fact, she says there are a bunch of policies that could help bring down drug prices without stifling innovation.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (18498)
Related
- US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
- UAW’s clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms
- Sweet emotion in Philadelphia as Aerosmith starts its farewell tour, and fans dream on
- Plans for a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II to be unveiled in 2026 to mark her 100th birthday
- Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
- Divorce Is Not an Option: How Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Built an Enduring Marriage
- St. Jude's arm is going on tour: Catholic church announces relic's first-ever tour of US
- Aerosmith singer and Maui homeowner Steven Tyler urges tourists to return to the island
- Who's hosting 'Saturday Night Live' tonight? Musical guest, how to watch Dec. 14 episode
- Kyle Larson edges Tyler Reddick in Southern 500 at Darlington to open NASCAR playoffs
Ranking
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- West Indian American Day Parade steps off with steel bands, colorful costumes, stilt walkers
- Francis opens clinic on 1st papal visit to Mongolia. He says it’s about charity not conversion
- Week 1 college football winners and losers: TCU flops vs. Colorado; Michael Penix shines
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- Christie's cancels sale of late Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten's jewelry over Nazi links
- Nevada flooding forces Burning Man attendees to shelter in place
- A sea of mud at Burning Man, recent wave of Trader Joe's recalls: 5 Things podcast
Recommendation
The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds
Lions, tigers, taxidermy, arsenic, political squabbling and the Endangered Species Act. Oh my.
Jimmy Buffett's cause of death was Merkel cell skin cancer, which he battled for 4 years
Insider Q&A: Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic foresees interest rates staying higher for longer
'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
Four astronauts return to Earth in SpaceX capsule to wrap up six-month station mission
Coco Gauff reaches US Open quarterfinals after ousting former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki
Rutgers rolls Northwestern 24-7, as Wildcats play 1st game since hazing scandal shook the program