| IN THIS ISSUE OF JAMAAudio Highlights Audio Summary: Drug Pricing Theme Issue: Is Pharma Earning Too Much?, R&D Costs Required to Bring a New Drug to Market, Probiotic Safety, and more COVID-19Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore Barnaby Edward Young, MB, BChir; Sean Wei Xiang Ong, MBBS; Shirin Kalimuddin, MPH; et al.Response to COVID-19 in Taiwan: Big Data Analytics, New Technology, and Proactive Testing C. Jason Wang, MD, PhD; Chun Y. Ng, MBA, MPH; Robert H. Brook, MD, ScDPriorities for the US Health Community Responding to COVID-19 Amesh A. Adalja, MD; Eric Toner, MD; Thomas V. Inglesby, MD ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONProfitability of Large Pharmaceutical Companies Compared With Other Large Public Companies Fred D. Ledley, MD; Sarah Shonka McCoy, PhD; Gregory Vaughan, PhD; et al. Earn CME credit Editorial: Relentless Prescription Drug Price Increases; Chaarushena Deb; Gregory Curfman, MD Editorial: Are Pharmaceutical Companies Earning Too Much?; David M. Cutler, PhD Editorial: Affording Medicines for Today’s Patients and Sustaining Innovation for Tomorrow; Kenneth C. Frazier, JDEstimated Research and Development Investment Needed to Bring a New Medicine to Market, 2009-2018 Olivier J. Wouters, PhD; Martin McKee, MD, DSc; Jeroen Luyten, PhD Earn CME creditChanges in List Prices, Net Prices, and Discounts for Branded Drugs in the US, 2007-2018 Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD; Alvaro San-Juan-Rodriguez, PharmD; Chester B. Good, MD, MPH; et al.US Health Care Spending by Payer and Health Condition, 1996-2016 Joseph L. Dieleman, PhD; Jackie Cao, MS; Abby Chapin, BA; et al. Earn CME credit RESEARCH LETTERSponsorship and Funding for Gene Therapy Trials in the United States Zachary Kassir, BA; Ameet Sarpatwari, PhD, JD; Brian Kocak, BS; et al. VIEWPOINTDrug Shortages in the United States: Are Some Prices Too Low? Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD; Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH; Julie M. Donohue, PhDExpanding Access and Reducing Prices for Drugs to Prevent HIV: Should Government Enforce Its Patent Rights Against the Pharmaceutical Industry? Lawrence O. Gostin, JD; Arti K. Rai, JDThe Probiotic Conundrum: Regulatory Confusion, Conflicting Studies, and Safety Concerns Stephen B. Freedman, MDCM, MSc; David Schnadower, MD, MPH; Phillip I. Tarr, MD A PIECE OF MY MINDThe Secret About Achieving Your Dreams Adam Philip Stern, MD EDITORIALRelentless Prescription Drug Price Increases Chaarushena Deb; Gregory Curfman, MDAre Pharmaceutical Companies Earning Too Much? David M. Cutler, PhDAffording Medicines for Today’s Patients and Sustaining Innovation for Tomorrow Kenneth C. Frazier, JD JAMA CLINICAL GUIDELINES SYNOPSISDiagnosis and Treatment of Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Gregory Olson, MD; Andrew M. Davis, MD, MPH FROM THE MEDICAL LETTER ON DRUGS AND THERAPEUTICS Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia MEDICAL NEWS & PERSPECTIVESRebates—The Little-Known Factor Behind Increasing Drug List Prices Rita Rubin, MA NEWS FROM THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATIONFDA Policies Address Development of Gene Therapies Rebecca Voelker, MSJNew Nonsurgical Option Approved for Thyroid Eye Disease Rebecca Voelker, MSJDrug Approved to Aid Youths With Peanut Allergy Rebecca Voelker, MSJ THE JAMA FORUMRising Prices and Health Care “Empires” Andrew B. Bindman, MD BENCH TO BEDSIDENew Insight on Preventing EGFR Inhibitor–Induced Adverse Effects Tracy Hampton, PhD POETRY AND MEDICINEAfter a Long Illness Judith Harris JAMA REVISITED Toxics JAMA PATIENT PAGE“Surprise” Out-of-Network Medical Bills Karan R. Chhabra, MD, MSc; Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH AUDIO Audio SummaryDrug Pricing Theme Issue: Is Pharma Earning Too Much?, R&D Costs Required to Bring a New Drug to Market, Probiotic Safety, and more COMMENT & RESPONSEStrategies to Avoid Extubation Failure Among ICU Patients Wataru Matsuda, MDStrategies to Avoid Extubation Failure Among ICU Patients—Reply Arnaud W. Thille, MD, PhD; Stéphanie Ragot, PharmD, PhD; Jean-Pierre Frat, MDInformed Consent for Stem Cell–Based Interventions Zubin Master, PhD; Cambray Smith, BS; Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPHInformed Consent for Stem Cell–Based Interventions—Reply R. Alta Charo, JD; Roger A. Barker, MRCP, PhD; Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MAWasteful Health Care Spending in the United States Edward W. Martin, MD, MPH; John B. Murphy, MD; Richard W. Besdine, MDWasteful Health Care Spending in the United States John W. Urwin, MD; Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD; Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhDWasteful Health Care Spending in the United States—Reply William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS; Natasha Parekh, MD, MS CORRECTION Incorrect Wording JAMA MASTHEAD JAMA |