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J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(S2):21-23. doi: 10.1017/jme.2023.156. Epub 2024 Mar 4.
Kesselheim proposes doubling the NIH's budget to promote clinically meaningful pharmaceutical innovation. Since the effects of a previous doubling (from 1998-2003) were mixed, I argue that policymakers should couple future budget growth with investments in experimentation and evaluation.