TODAY, September 28, 2012 3-4:30 pm (reception to follow) Austin 111, Harvard Law School Experimental breakthroughs within the field of regenerative medicine are reported in the media on a daily basis worldwide. Despite this progress,…
By Christopher Robertson The Washington Post has an extensive story about the drug and device industry’s influence on the outcomes of clinical trials, which are published in leading medical journals and which then shape the…
By Nicolas Terry As is well known ACA § 3025 (§1886(q) Social Security Act) established the Hospital Readmissions Reduction program. This is operationalized through deductions built into the Hospital IPPS (Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems) Rule which…
By I. Glenn Cohen Boston recently followed many other world cities in implementing a bike share program. As the New York Times recently reported, North American cities face a dilemma: if the European experience is…
By Casey Thomson After what we hope was a hearty meal (or at least a restful, happy holiday) this past Thanksgiving for all of our readers, we are back with this week’s Twitter round-up –…
[Ed. Note: We’re happy to announce that after a great month of guest blogging, Chris Robertson will be joining Bill of Health as a regular contributor.] By Christopher Robertson The New York Times brings us…
By Efthimios Parasidis The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that Monsanto’s request to plant a new strain of genetically-modified corn “may be of regional and national significance.” As a result, the agency is seeking public…
By Christopher Robertson When I moved to the University of Arizona, I quickly discovered something that I’ll politely call “heterogeneity” in Institutional Review Board’s (IRB) policies and practices. All of a sudden, some of the…
By Kimberly Mutcherson Some states have come to terms with commercial surrogacy and create standards to protect parties to contracts and the children born of those contracts. New Jersey, however, just can’t seem to get…
By Nicolas Terry Richard Epstein & David Hyman, Fixing Obamacare: The Virtues of Choice, Competition and Deregulation, SSRN/NYU Annual Survey of American Law Brendan Maher & Radha Pathak, Enough about the Constitution: How States Can Regulate…
