Requirements to test new drugs against older medicines would add a major hurdle to the development and approval of new medicines. Equally important, the proposed mandates are unnecessary.

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) scholar Scott Gottlieb, MD a former senior adviser to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) warns that a new ruling by CMS will force people to get open-heart surgeries that might have been avoidable.

Why should New York City bear the $216 million burden of the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?

The Iranian regime is continuing its prosecution of individuals arrested in the post-election unrest.

For grant-winners whose studies will involve human volunteers, another big hurdle remains: federal ethics regulations.

The following is an English translation of El Nacional's interview with AEI fellow Roger Noriega, who told the Venezuelan newpaper that its government is deeply involved in the drug trade but he has "never heard of a witness who is in a better position to bear witness to the criminal activities of dozens of officials in the highest levels of that government."

In pursuing Bush administration prosecutions, Barack Obama is sliding toward one of the most dangerous decisions of his administration.