Better Use of IT Could Minimize the Next Salmonella Egg-idemic
IT has an important role to play in protecting the safety of our food supply.
View ArticleLife Sciences, U.S. Economic Competitiveness and Jobs
Rob Atkinson presented at the PILMA Winter Meeting.
View ArticleMedical Innovation at a Crossroads: Choosing the Path Ahead
Rob Atkinson participated in a panel discussion examining how the U.S. can best foster investment in medical innovation.
View ArticleWhen a Fish is More Than a Fish
Biotechnology has the potential to drastically reduce food prices. But opponents rely on ideology, not science, to restrict agriculture innovation.
View ArticleAgainst the Current
A response to the debate on whether or not states should mandate labeling for genetically modified foods.
View ArticleAAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture
ITIF Senior Fellow Val Giddings will speak at the AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture.
View ArticleSustaining Biotech Innovation in an Era of Austerity
ITIF Senior Fellow Val Giddings will address spurring innovation in the biotechnology sector.
View Article"Unnatural" Corn/Canola Oil – Dispatches from Behind the Looking Glass…
A recent class action lawsuit against ConAgra for selling biotech derived corn and canola oil as "natural" is not based on scientific fact.
View ArticleThe Main Engineering Problems Used to Be Engineering
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 will continue to be used by activists to derail innovation in agriculture.
View ArticleBiotechnology, Chemistry, and the Nine Billion
Investigating a sustainable path to feeding the world's population and how crops will evolve in the future.
View ArticleFlowers and Pollen and Genes, Oh, My!
"Coexistence" between biotech and organic agriculture is not difficult to achieve.Some ill-considered proposals for a "compensation" scheme would create far more problems than they would solve.
View ArticleITIF Submission to the Office of Science & Technology Policy on "Building a...
The regulation system responsible for reviewing products of agricultural biotechnology is in need of reform.
View ArticleTestimony Before Boulder County Commission
The facts show quite clearly that biotechnology crops and foods are at least as safe as those produced with any other processes.
View ArticleFeeding the Next Generation: Science, Business, and Public Policy
Val Giddings stresses scientific findings and analysis remain the key driver of global agricultural research and policy.
View ArticleThe Convention on Biological Diversity, Biosafety Protocol Ad Hoc Technical...
An examination of the progress of the Ad Hoc Technical Experts Group (AHTEG) since 2009.
View ArticleConfronting the Gordian Knot
Restrictive regulations have negatvie effects on applied plant science and major R&D facilities of European agrochemical companies.
View ArticleLeadership in Decline: Assessing U.S. International Competitiveness in...
Documents the role public investment plays in underpinning a nation’s competitiveness in the life sciences and competition for global life sciences leadership.
View ArticleDeclining NIH Investment Threatens U.S. Global Competitiveness
WASHINGTON - A new report released this morning shows the United States' leadership in the global life sciences industry is under threat due to a constant dollar decline in NIH biomedical research...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t the Jobs There for U.S. Scientists?
Based on ITIF’s reports, the unfortunate unemployment in life science and STEM fields has to do with inattention to public policies to keep the U.S. at the cutting edge of innovation.
View ArticleBig Benefits from Big Pharma: Longevity and Real Welfare Growth
Pharmaceutical proliferation leads to longer, wealthier lives.
View Article
