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Drug companies that bypass distributors and offer generics directly to patients, like the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, could disrupt the pharmaceutical supply chain and ultimately save thousands of lives.

Coronavirus cases in Texas may grow as the state expands COVID-19 screening and the consequences of delayed decisions to limit public interactions set in. "No one should be surprised lim or panic as the figures roll out," write the authors in the Baker Institute Blog.

In the second of a series of blogs on the coronovirus outbreak, the authors sound a note of cautious optimism: "We hope for a relatively optimistic outlook for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with the quick realization of all modifying interventions: earlier and broader testing, strict preventive hygienic and societal measures, a safe and effective vaccine, and effective therapies to treat the virus."  Read more at the Baker Institute Blog.

The COVID-19 outbreak has now reached pandemic proportions, threatening the health of millions worldwide and adversely affecting the international economy. Understanding the status of COVID-19, its potential impact in the U.S., and the needed preventive measures could save many lives.

The authors assess U.S. health care system and offer a plan for achieving universal health care. The Lancet: http://bit.ly/2lSaqX6

Rather than sacrifice what is reasonable for an unachievable ideal [of universal health care in the U.S.], health care proposals must keep the current private system, but offer the government-sponsored Medicare and Medicaid to more Americans," writes nonresident fellow Hagop Kantarjian. Read more in The Hill: 

By Morgan N. Fredell, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Ya-Chen Shih, Vivian Ho and Binata Mukherjee Current U.S. health care spending includes many areas of wasted expenditures. In this study, published in Cancer, the authors explore plans to optimize U.S. health care to provide greater benefits to patients: https://bit.ly/2TmeoDg

It is time for the U.S., and especially Texas, to use Australia's experience in establishing a national HPV vaccination program as a roadmap to potentially prevent and eliminate cervical cancer, the authors write in a Houston Chronicle op-ed: http://bit.ly/2Vr4WQh.

The authors assess the Trump administration’s plan to bring down drug prices and its potential implications for the cost of cancer drugs.

The Trump administration's "American Patients First" plan is a green light for drug companies to continue their unfettered pricing schemes write the authors, who offer three steps to lower prescription drug prices in the U.S.