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Bill of Health 2025 Year-in-Review

Social media, pharmaceutical pricing, neurotech, mental health, abortion, psychedelics, and GLP1s generated high interest on the Bill of Health blog this year.

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Social media, pharmaceutical pricing, neurotech, mental health, abortion, psychedelics, and GLP1s generated high interest on the Bill of Health blog this year.

We’ve broken down the sampling of our most-read articles into months, so please enjoy 12 months of Bill of Health highlights below.

Catch up on any coverage you may have missed during the holiday break; we will publish again mid-January.


Fighting Wildfires with Chemicals: The Controversy and Danger of Flame Retardant Materials

Jan. 23
By Jessica Samuels


Innovation, Law, and Ethics in International Bioscience

Feb. 18
By Timo Minssen and Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci


Hims? Hers? It’s Novo Nordisk’s Semaglutide Market Now

March 14
By Rebekah Ninan 


Who’s Gonna Pay? The Impact of Tariffs on Pharmaceutical Products

April 14
By Jessica Samuels


The Global Risks of America’s “Most-Favored-Nation” Drug Pricing Policy

May 22
By Ganeswar Matcha


Ozempic, Celebrities, and TikTok: A Regulatory Nightmare Waiting to Happen?

June 26
By Abeer Malik


Medicaid Cuts Will Endanger a Lifeline for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities’ Community Integration, Empowerment, and More

July 1
By Hezzy Smith, Anne Fracht, Sam Paster, and Anna Weinberger


Addictive Algorithms and the Digital Fairness Act: A New Chapter in EU Public Health Policy?

Aug. 20
By Hannah van Kolfschooten


When Evidence Burns: Abortifacient Ideology and the FDA

Sept. 19
By Julia Etkin


Case v. Montana and Police Responses to Mental Health Calls

Oct. 14
By Jared Vornhagen


The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality

Nov. 24
By the Petrie-Flom Center


Rethinking Evidence for Psychedelics in Medicine

Dec. 5
By Eduardo Schenberg, Marion Haberkamp, and Franklin King

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  • Petrie-Flom Center

    The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is a prominent research program dedicated to legal analysis and interdisciplinary scholarship on the questions facing health policymakers, medical professionals, industry leaders, patients, and families. The Center was founded in 2005 through a generous gift from Joseph H. Flom ’48 and the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation.