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Belinda Bennett on Globalization and the Future of Health Law: Introduced by I. Glenn Cohen
Globalization and the Future of Health Law: Harmonization or Diversity? A talk by Belinda Bennett, Professor of Health and Medical Law, University of Sydney Introduction by I. Glenn Cohen Tuesday,…
Obamacare becomes test of faith for employer over birth control
[...] The battle lines are drawn, but analysts of all stripes agree the case is on the fast-track for the highest court in the land. “I think it’s a foregone conclusion the Supreme Court will take this up,” said Holly…
Now Available: Globalization of Healthcare
The edited volume stemming from the Petrie-Flom Center's 2011 Annual Conference, The Globalization of Health Care: Legal and Ethical Issues, I.…
Apply for 2014 Petrie-Flom Academic Fellowship
PURPOSE: The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics is an interdisciplinary research program at Harvard Law School dedicated to scholarly research at the intersection of law and health policy, including issues of health care financing and market regulation, biomedical…
Petrie-Flom Student Fellow Jeremy Kreisberg featured in: "The Most Impressive Students At Harvard Law School"
Jeremy Kreisberg has retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye condition, but it hasn't stopped him from following his dreams and becoming involved in the Harvard Law community. [...]
Video Now Available: Symposium Honoring Founding Faculty Director Einer Elhauge
On Friday, October 4, the Tulsa Law Review hosted a symposium titled "Health…
At Harvard Law School, a panel ponders the effects of the Court’s ruling on gene patenting
Experts in the fields of law, science, and technology gathered at Harvard Law School Sept. 23 for a panel discussion, co-sponsored by the Broad Institute of MIT and HLS' Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, examining the impact of the U.S. Supreme…
Day 2 of Obamacare: After rocky start, Obama admin. launches awareness campaign
"But service disruptions, should they continue, could spell trouble as the calendar nears a Dec. 15 cutoff for consumers who want to be insured by January — the month all Americans must have some form of health coverage or face fines under the health care law’s individual mandate. …
As More Americans Have Surgeries Overseas, US Companies Consider ‘Medical Tourism’: a Health Care Option
Petrie-Flom Center Faculty Co-Director I. Glenn Cohen discusses safety issues and medical tourism.
American Companies Sending Workers on Surgery Vacations
Petrie-Flom Center Faculty Co-Director I. Glenn Cohen discusses safety issues and medical tourism.
Praise for “Making Do in Making Drugs” by W. Nicholson Price II
"'M&M chocolate candies are made with a precision far beyond the capabilities of many drug manufacturers.' This is the intriguing opening to a thorough critique of innovation in pharmaceutical manufacturing by Nicholson…
Government: When push comes to nudge: How a choice offered can affect what we choose.
Co-authored by Petrie-Flom Academic Fellow Alumna Michelle N. Meyer: News came last month that the Obama administration, following the lead of British Prime Minister David Cameron and…
HLS Panel Discusses Gene Patents
"Panelists at Monday’s discussion about the recent Supreme Court decision against gene patenting agreed that although patenting might provide incentives to aspiring innovators, it often hinders scientific progress, especially when it concerns the DNA sequences that are found within human bodies. …
Stretching Cuccinelli’s Record
[...] Harvard Law School Professor I. Glenn Cohen, co-director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, told us in an email that Cuccinelli’s support for “personhood”…
Perceptions of Efficacy, Morality, and Politics of Potential Cadaveric Organ Transplantation Reforms
We sought to explore the political feasibility of potential policy reforms to address the shortage of cadaveric organs for transplantation in America. We recruited 730 human subjects from an online population and assigned them to writing tasks that experimentally manipulated the salience of moral…
HLS Event Opens Dialogue on Role of Race in Healthcare
Harvard Crimson coverage of the Petrie-Flom Center's September 17, 2013, panel discussion, "Patient Discrimination against Medical Personnel," featuring Kimani Paul-Emile of Fordham Law School discussing her article…
Anonymity, the Production of Goods, and Institutional Design
Abstract: In this article, I demonstrate that anonymity has been misconceived as an aspect of privacy, and that understanding this mistake reveals a powerful and underutilized set of legal tools for facilitating and controlling the production of information and other social…
Making Do in Making Drugs: Innovation Policy and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Abstract: Drug recalls, contamination events, and shortages are on the rise, but drug companies still rely on decades-old manufacturing plants and processes. Contrary to widespread perceptions, drug manufacturing is typically expensive, inefficient, and non-innovative.…
Poll finds more share negative view of Obamacare: Express uncertainty about law two weeks before phase kicks in
"From its inception, the administration has had difficulty explaining the provisions of the [law]," said I. Glenn Cohen, a health-policy specialist at Harvard Law School. "I do think, though, if it stays the course, that…
When Truth Cannot Be Presumed: The Regulation of Drug Promotion under an Expanding First Amendment
Abstract: The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) requires that, prior to marketing a drug, the manufacturer must prove that it is safe and effective for the manufacturer’s intended uses, as shown on the proposed label.…