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Biden Targets Big Pharma’s Drug Prices in Union Address

TL/DR - During his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden announced plans to lower prescription drug prices, including expanding Medicare price negotiations to at least 50 drugs per year and requiring pharmaceutical companies pay rebates to Medicare if their price increases exceed inflation. Drugmakers and other stakeholders, however,…

Science Cooperation Between U.S. & China Requires Mend, Not Prosecution

TL/DR - Stanford University physicists Steve Kivelson and Peter Michelson have expressed concern over the potential non-renewal of the Agreement between the United States and China on Cooperation in Science and Technology. They argue that the agreement fosters open and transparent scientific cooperation, and its lapse can lead to detrimental…