Events by Academic Year: 2009-2010
Patent Policy and Innovation
This panel focused on how patent law affects various industries differently. The pharmaceutical and high-tech industries offer perhaps the most vivid examples of this divergence. Panelists discussed whether patent law…
Moral Biology: What, (if anything), Can the Mind Sciences Teach Us about Law and Morality?
Conference Description In the "Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis," Sigmund Freud famously suggested that humanity would suffer three great blows at the hand of science: "The first was…
Current and Future Regulation of Stem Cell Research
In previous years, the regulation of stem cell research has been a politically controversial topic. However the change from the Bush to the Obama administration presented potentially substantial changes in…
Health Law Workshop: Sadath Sayeed
Presentation Download Sadath Sayeed's paper: The Problem of Non-identity in Valuing Newborn Human Life
“Through Deaf Eyes”: a Film Screening and Discussion
The Petrie-Flom Center partnered with the Harvard Law School Project on Disability to screen selected portions of the PBS documentary film Through Deaf Eyes which explores the nearly 200 year history…
Health Law Workshop: Sadath Sayeed
Presentation Download Sadath Sayeed's paper: Impact of Ethics and Economics on End-of-Life Decisions in an Indian Neonatal Unit
Health Law Workshop: Elizabeth Warren
Presentation Download Elizabeth Warren's paper: Medical Bankruptcy in the United States
Health Law Workshop: Colleen Flood
Presentation Download Colleen Flood's paper: A Comparison of European and Canadian Approaches to Choice and Regulation of the Public/Private Divide in Health Care
Health Law Workshop: Hank Greely
Presentation Download Hank Greely's paper: Human/Non-Human Chimeras: Assessing the Issues
Developments and Implications of New Legislation on Follow-on Biologics
This panel examined current legislative debates concerning the development of regulatory approval processes for follow-on biologics, or large molecule drugs that are created by biological processes, as opposed to medicines…
Health Law Workshop: Theodore Ruger
Presentation Download Theodore Ruger's paper: The Thompsonian Movement and the Structures of American Health Law
Health Metrics Workshop
Over two days in November, the Center convened leading thinkers in the area of health metrics evaluation to develop consensus on an appropriate set of metrics and tools for evaluating…
Medical Prize Funds: An Alternative Reward Mechanism for Medical Innovation
Patenting and other rewards that rely on protected markets to encourage research investment in medical technology do not always provide the right incentives needed to optimize public health. In recent…
Comparative Models of Health Care Reform
This colloquium brought together specialists on a group of model states and countries to discuss relevant health care systems, their successes and limitations, and their potential application to the reform…
Electronic Health Records and Medical Liability
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 promises to trigger an explosion in the use of electronic health records through direct payments to health providers. While the privacy concerns related…
Health Law, HIV/AIDS Policy and Disability Rights in the New Administration
Jeff Crowley, the White House Director of National AIDS Policy and Senior Advisor on Disability Policy, visited Harvard Law School to speak about the Obama Administration’s agendas for…
When Medical Care Compromises Financial Health
Universal health insurance may be on the horizon, but a growing body of empirical research has shown that, even for those who enjoy health insurance, medical crises can push families…