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Holly Fernandez Lynch

  • FDA

    Live Blogging from FDA in the 21st Century Conference, Panel 4: Timing Is Everything

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch Another great conference session this afternoon: “Timing Is Everything: Balancing Access and Uncertainty.”  This one was moderated by Jeff Skopek, with presentations by Shannon Gibson, Trudo Lemmens, and Efthimios Parasidis. First,…

    Live Blogging from FDA in the 21st Century Conference, Panel 4: Timing Is Everything

  • Disability

    Discrimination Against Obese Patients

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch Following up on a blog post I did here several months ago, take a look at – and a listen to – some additional commentary I have in this week’s New England Journal of…

    Discrimination Against Obese Patients

  • Bioethics

    Revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch On Monday, the World Medical Association opened a 2-month public consultation on proposed revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki.  The Declaration was most recently revised in 2008, and according to the…

    Revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki

  • Bioethics

    More Thoughts on the Preemie Study and IRB Review

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch By now, most of you have heard about the controversial study that sought to evaluate how much oxygen to give premature newborns to preserve both their lives and their sight.  Below,…

    More Thoughts on the Preemie Study and IRB Review

  • Bioethics

    New Paper on Conscience and the ACA

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch Piggy-backing on Glenn’s post below, I just wanted to point you to my contribution to the same symposium issue of Ethical Perspectives.  The paper, “Religious Liberty, Conscience, and the Affordable Care…

    New Paper on Conscience and the ACA

  • Bioethics

    More on Contraceptives Coverage

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch For an excellent perspective on the legal challenges to the contraceptives coverage mandate being brought by for-profit, secular companies with religious owners, check out Bill Keller’s recent NYT op-ed.  A brief…

    More on Contraceptives Coverage

  • Bioethics

    India Releases New Rules on Clinical Trial Injury

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch Last week, the Indian government issued revised rules governing “compensation in case of injury or death during clinical trial.”  You’ve really got to read the whole thing, but some of the…

    India Releases New Rules on Clinical Trial Injury

  • First Amendment

    Breaking News on Contraceptive Coverage Mandate

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 1, 2013 Contact: HHS Press Office(202) 690-6343 Administration issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on recommended preventive services policy The Obama administration today issued proposed rules for…

    Breaking News on Contraceptive Coverage Mandate

  • FDA

    A Topic Ripe for Student Notes

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch I don’t even want to imagine the creative titles law students might come up with for a note on this topic, but it is a question worth asking/answering: how should the…

    A Topic Ripe for Student Notes