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W. Nicholson Price

  • Artificial Intelligence

    Four Roles for Artificial Intelligence in the Medical System

    How will artificial intelligence (AI) change medicine? AI, powered by “big data” in health, promises to transform medical practice, but specifics remain inchoate.  Reports that AI performs certain tasks at the level of specialists stoke worries that AI will “replace” physicians. …

    Four Roles for Artificial Intelligence in the Medical System

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    W. Nicholson Price

    concept of artificial intelligence, human brain with machinery
  • Bioethics

    Drug Pricing, Shame, and Shortages

    By Nicholson Price Drug prices have been making waves in the news recently.  The most recent case is the huge price hikes of the EpiPen, which provides potentially life-saving automatic epinephrine injections to those with…

    Drug Pricing, Shame, and Shortages

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    W. Nicholson Price

  • Affordable Care Act

    The 21st Century Cures Act, HIPAA, Big Data, and Medical Research

    By Nicholson Price The 21st Century Cures Act is a big deal; the House passed it handily, and we’re still waiting to see what the Senate does.  A lot has been written about what it…

    The 21st Century Cures Act, HIPAA, Big Data, and Medical Research

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    W. Nicholson Price

  • Behavioral Economics

    #BELHP2014 Panel 3, Behavioral Economics and Health Care Costs

    By Nicholson Price [Ed. Note: On Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, 2014, the Petrie-Flom Center hosted its 2014 annual conference: “Behavioral Economics, Law, and Health Policy.”  This is an installment in our series of live blog posts from…

    #BELHP2014 Panel 3, Behavioral Economics and Health Care Costs

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    W. Nicholson Price

  • Biotechnology

    Liveblog of 4/2 panel on Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law, Part IV

    By Nicholson Price Finishing up the event today is Tom Kowalski from Vedder Price, giving a US perspective on section 101 on patentable subject matter.  This post will encompass his presentation and general questions afterward.…

    Liveblog of 4/2 panel on Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law, Part IV

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    W. Nicholson Price

  • Biotechnology

    Liveblog of 4/2 panel in European Bio-patent Law, Part III

    By Nicholson Price Third up is Dr. Maaike van der Kooij, discussing medical use claims at the EPO. In general, methods of medical treatment aren’t patentable under Art. 53(c) of the EPC, but the way…

    Liveblog of 4/2 panel in European Bio-patent Law, Part III

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    W. Nicholson Price

  • Biotechnology

    Liveblog of 4/2 panel on Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law, Part II

    By Nicholson Price Next up is Dr. Anja Schmitt, comparing Myriad and Mayo to EPO practice, and describing gene patents and diagnostic method patents in the EPO. Human gene patents The basic question of human gene…

    Liveblog of 4/2 panel on Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law, Part II

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    W. Nicholson Price

  • Biotechnology

    Liveblog of 4/2 panel on Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law, Part I

    By Nicholson Price I’ll be liveblogging today’s panel on Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law (co-sponsored by the Broad Institute), with several guest speakers from the European Patent Office (EPO). Ben Roin, Heiken Assistant Professor of…

    Liveblog of 4/2 panel on Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law, Part I

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    W. Nicholson Price

  • Human Tissue

    More on taxing egg “donation” payments

    By Nicholson Price Dov Fox had a terrific post about taxes on compensation for those who donate eggs and sperm a few weeks ago in reaction to Perez v. Commissioner.  I don’t have any particularly…

    More on taxing egg “donation” payments

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    W. Nicholson Price

  • Bioethics

    FSMA Conference Part 2: FSMA and Risk Regulation Strategy

    [Ed. Note: On Friday, the Petrie-Flom Center, the Food Law and Policy Clinic (a division of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation), the Food Law Lab, and the Harvard Food Law Society (with support from the Top University Strategic Alliance and…

    FSMA Conference Part 2: FSMA and Risk Regulation Strategy

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    W. Nicholson Price