“We need to make sure that access to a curative drug doesn't become a yardstick by which poverty is eventually measured. Doing so requires a shared commitment between innovators and the insurance plans that are harder pressed to offer these advances to the poor.”

American physician and investor

Scott Gottlieb is an American physician and investor. He served as the 23rd commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from 2017 to 2019, and he is a contributor to CNBC and CBS News’ Face the Nation. He is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a partner at New Enterprise Associates, and a board member at Pfizer, UnitedHealth Group, and Illumina. He is also an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the author of Uncontrolled Spread, a New York Times bestselling book about the COVID-19 pandemic and the national security weaknesses it exposed.