While the world stands transfixed by the specter of a pandemic flu, a very different threat, bioterrorism, remains largely unaddressed.

Bioterrorism attacks using anthrax occurred almost simultaneously with shortages of widely used vaccines. Because vaccines are essential to biodefense, these two disturbing episodes are ominously linked. The topic of the morning discussion will be whether our recent vaccine shortage is a unique, one-time problem or rather caused by systemic obstacles...

Vaccine development requires partnership between government and industry because of the different resources, perspectives, and skills that each brings to the table.

Considers the impact of political intrusions on drug development and the consequence for America's biodefense.

The best new drugs come out of entrepreneurial companies looking for profits.

Efforts to limit the commercial use of data on physician prescribing could have broad implications for regulatory programs that promote drug safety. At issue are a series of laws pursued by state legislators that would restrict access to information on the prescriptions written by individual doctors.

AEI scholars provide insights on the impact of proposed health reform, as well as guidelines for fixing the U.S. health care system.

The recent revelations that Soviet-era scientists might have passed on a genetically modified strain of the smallpox virus to Iraq probably surprised everyone.