By Holly Fernandez Lynch Nir Eyal’s post below has teed up the issue of doctors refusing to accept patients for reasons that seem to be pretty questionable. The latest example has to do with obesity,…
We got an email today announcing the Connected Health Symposium in Boston this October 25-26. Check out the agenda here. Elliott Fisher, Professor at The Dartmouth Institute and one of the architects of the concept…
We’ll occasionally be posting event announcements here, as well as calls for papers, etc. that are likely to be of interest to our readership. Speaking of which, one such announcement came in today (from Fritz Allhoff…
by Jonathan J. Darrow The expiration of the patent on $11-billion-per-year Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) last November received wide media attention and was eagerly greeted by consumers, reflecting public excitement that seems to have not yet…
[posted on behalf of Al Roth] Al will be cross-posting here from his Market Design blog, and he’s let us know that he plans to follow-up soon on the circumcision debate around the world. For…
By Cassie Chambers The addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican presidential ticket has brought the healthcare proposals of both parties to the forefront. To listen to the Sunday morning talk shows, you’d think the…
By Michelle Meyer In legal scholarship and education, innovation law and policy is virtually synonymous with intellectual property in general, and with patent law in particular. This is curious and, I think, misguided. We expend…
by Nir Eyal Yesterday, Boston public radio station WBUR interviewed a Massachusetts primary care physician who refuses to admit new obese patients. She claims that it’s because she lacks proper equipment, but she seems to have mixed motives. Earlier she had admitted…
Interesting decision (H/T Wall Street Journal Law Blog ) from the D. Mass ordering the state to pay for a sex change operation for a prisoner. I’ll have more to say on the case soon…
by Glenn Cohen As America’s attention focused on the Republican Convention and the Obama campaign tries to portray a “Republican War on Women” at the Democratic one, last week Mitt Romney tried to clarify his…
