Author: Board on Health Sciences Policy

There is growing recognition that the United States' clinical trials enterprise (CTE) faces great challenges. There is a gap between what is desire...

Clinical trials provide essential information needed to turn basic medical research findings into patient treatments. New treatments must be studie...

An estimated 8.8 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2010 and 1.4 million died from the disease. Although antibiotics to treat TB wer...

Chronic pain costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable C...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have had prominent roles in discussions of aging, disability, and technolog...