Protect America's global leadership in medicine

America’s global leadership in medical innovation is at risk as policymakers advance policies that weaken innovation and threaten our competitive edge.

America’s leadership in medicine benefits every American

America’s leadership in medicine research, development and manufacturing has given patients access to lifesaving breakthroughs—often years before people in other countries can get them. But that progress is not guaranteed. Today, policies moving through Washington threaten the very innovation that patients depend on:

  • Price setting provisions in the and Most Favored Nation proposals could drain billions from the research needed to develop future treatments and cures.
  • Tariffs could pull funding away from U.S. manufacturing and R&D.
  • Uncertainty about FDA approvals makes it harder for scientists and companies to invest in the next breakthrough.


For patients and families waiting for better options—people battling cancer, Alzheimer’s, rare diseases and chronic conditions—these policies aren’t abstract. They determine whether the next generation of treatments will arrive in time.

Patients are counting on our innovative ecosystem to keep delivering the cures they need.

What Congress Can Do

To sustain American leadership and protect innovation, policymakers must advance smart policies that will deliver more affordable treatments and cures to Americans. To protect American’s innovation ecosystem, policymakers must:

  • Strengthen the ecosystem that enables innovation
  • Protect strong intellectual property rights
  • Maintain a predictable regulatory environment
  • Build a collaborative research infrastructure that can compete globally
  • Preserve a competitive market free from government price controls
  • Fix the system to make medicines more accessible and affordable
    • Address harmful system incentives that increase costs
    • Ensure patients get the medicines their doctors prescribe
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