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  • Call for Abstracts

    Call for Abstracts: ACA Book

    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…

    Call for Abstracts: ACA Book

  • FDA

    Generic Drugs: Grabbing a Bigger Slice

    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…

    Generic Drugs: Grabbing a Bigger Slice

  • Alvin Roth

    Al Roth on the Circumcision Debate

    [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…

    Al Roth on the Circumcision Debate

  • 2012 Election

    When Common Ground Becomes a Healthcare Battleground

    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…

    When Common Ground Becomes a Healthcare Battleground

  • Bioethics

    Broadening “Innovation Law & Policy” (and “Human Subjects Research”)

    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…

    Broadening “Innovation Law & Policy” (and “Human Subjects Research”)

  • Bioethics

    No Doctor for the Obese?

    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…

    No Doctor for the Obese?

  • Bioethics

    Judge Orders Prison to Pay for Sex Change

    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…

    Judge Orders Prison to Pay for Sex Change

  • FDA

    Making Sense of Tobacco Regulation: The First and Fifth Amendment Challenges

    [posted on behalf of Richard Epstein] The entire question of the FDA’s tobacco regulation is likely to spur extended commentary, given the split of opinions between the D.C. Circuit, which knocked out the packaging labels by…

    Making Sense of Tobacco Regulation: The First and Fifth Amendment Challenges

  • Petrie-Flom Center

    Our First Foray into the World of Blogging

    The Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School is in an exciting phase of expansion.  One of our new initiatives is this blog, which we hope you’ll visit regularly for insightful commentary on current issues in health law…

    Our First Foray into the World of Blogging