The Quickening Pace Of Medical Progress And Its Discontents

By Scott Gottlieb, MD (original source Forbes)

“Against the backdrop of current controversies over drug pricing and access to new medical breakthroughs is a transformation in the relationship between basic science and the practice of medicine. The pace at which fundamental discoveries of basic science are being uncovered is accelerating, as is the speed at which medical practice is being transformed by these inventions. Metamorphic changes are sweeping a wider breadth of clinical areas more regularly than at any time in the history of science. Creative destruction is an increasingly prominent feature of modern medical practice.”

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