The intent behind a proposed treaty to criminalize the manufacture and trade in counterfeited drugs is good, but only a treaty initiated by the World Health Organization will suffice.

There are always costs of both action and inaction; however, before a costly scheme is funded, better evidence of its effectiveness should be established.

Democrats have made clear that the lifesaving drug industry will soon face politically inspired assaults.

How will the World Bank's new plan help combat malaria?

In an attempt to protect poor, uninsured and underinsured Americans from unsafe drugs, we are making sure that some go without drugs completely. It is time the law was changed.

Why ignore theWorld Health Organization's medical advice?

A speculative study about the relationship between the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and autism in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet was retracted today for having numerous flaws and insufficient data within it.

Putting the treaty against counterfeit medicines under the auspices of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime is on balance with a poor idea. WHO is, for now, still the best institution under which to negotiate and achieve a treaty for improving the quality of medicines.