There's a big difference between apps that help you manage your medical information and draw clues from your own bodies, and those… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Creative destruction is an increasingly prominent feature of modern medical practice. — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
When some states introduced mandatory smallpox vaccinations during the epidemic of 1898-1903, Americans resisted by the thousands. The ensuing battles produced medical… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
In countries such as France and Germany, layers of bureaucracy like health boards have been specifically engineered to delay the adoption of… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The fact is that Medicaid doesn't even serve well the medical needs of people who should be its principal focus - Americans… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
When I was a medical student, a pulmonary professor of mine cajoled me into joining a clinical trial that she was running.… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Americans broadly consent to funding clinical research because they believe in the promise of medical research. But people support scientific work only… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The pace at which fundamental discoveries of basic science are being uncovered is accelerating, as is the speed at which medical practice… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
As Apple advances the medical promise of its watch and smartphones, it has also made clear that its foremost aim is to… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
A true legislative alternative to ObamaCare would support physician ownership of independent medical practices, and preserve local competition between doctors and choice… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The period of time between the uncovering of some fundamental scientific finding that underpinned a medical advance, and the realization of the… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Obamacare mandates a largely uniform structure and set of benefits and insurance design across the entire country. It leaves consumers with very little real… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
What makes the EpiPen unique is its delivery vehicle - an auto-injector that's packaged in a convenient, pen-like device. The product's key attribute is… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
We need to make sure that access to a curative drug doesn't become a yardstick by which poverty is eventually measured. Doing so requires… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
When the price of a drug rises, it becomes profitable and the target of new competition. — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
Once an effective drug is approved to treat a deadly condition, introducing a second drug to treat the same disease can be hard. It's… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
At the heart of President Barack Obama's health-care plan is an insurance program funded by taxpayers, administered by Washington, and open to everyone. Modeled… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
There are two main types of immunity to an infection. Innate immunity comes from circulating cells that attack any invader the body views as… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
A seductive technology that works like a dream and improves lives will set off a consumer clamor, whether the new tool is an iPhone… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
Our Founders thought politicians should be accountable when it comes to citizens' right to life, liberty and the pursuit of heart surgery. — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
Trying to stretch the mission of a health program like Medicaid, as a way to launder redistributionist goals, ends up serving nobody well. — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
Rather than redistribute physician income as a way to subsidize an expansion of government control, Mr. Obama should fix the payment system to align… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
The ability of working class Americans to bargain for health coverage at work gave them access to the same basic packages of benefits as… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
Historical records show that smallpox was a human scourge for thousands of years. The virus produces high fever, severe back pain and scarring eruptions… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
While faulty information from a digital health tool can influence people to make bad decisions, the risks are far lower than those posed by… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share
