Peter S. ArnoPosts by Peter S. ArnoBioethics Forum EssayThe Challenge of High Drug Prices in the U.S.Drug spending in the United States increased more than 12 percent in 2014 and is projected to rise faster than overall health care spending over the next 10 years. Between...Read The Challenge of High Drug Prices in the U.S.Bioethics Forum EssayAdministration Reveals Lack of CLASSThe demise of the CLASS (Community Living Assistance Services and Support) Act is the calamitous result of ideological warfare and political cowardice. It would have provided a modest benefit –...Read Administration Reveals Lack of CLASSRelated Posts New in Ethics & Human Research, September-October 2021 Issue: Pregnant Participants in ResearchPregnant people are often excluded from research without clear justification, even when there is little harm to the fetus in minimal‐risk research. In this issue of Ethics & Human Research,...Read New in Ethics & Human Research, September-October 2021 Issue: Pregnant Participants in Research The Hastings Center Bioethics Timeline“Bioethics” has been defined in several different ways. Most broadly, it is the interdisciplinary study of ethical, legal, and social issues arising in the life sciences and health care. Though...Read The Hastings Center Bioethics TimelineIRB: Ethics & Human ResearchThe Need to Track Payment Incentives to Participate in HIV ResearchAbstract: Providing incentives is an accepted and common practice in human subjects research, including clinical HIV research. While we know that financial incentives among similar studies can greatly vary, surprisingly...Read The Need to Track Payment Incentives to Participate in HIV Research FellowsHastings Center Fellows are an elected group of individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and/or public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, life sciences...Read Fellows