Empirical
FDA Law: More Statutes Than Regulations?
By Katie Booth The FDA Law Blog has just published a semi-serious study by Kurt Karst on the growth of Title 21 of the United States Code (“USC”) compared to Title 21 of the Code of…
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Empirical
The Evolution of Public Health Law Research
By: Scott Burris, JD Law has been used to protect and promote public health from the early days of European colonization of North America. Quarantine statutes and orders are reported from the mid-17th century. The…
The Evolution of Public Health Law Research
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Bioethics
Discrimination in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
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,…
Discrimination in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
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Conference
Conference Announcement: Connected Health Symposium 2012
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…
Conference Announcement: Connected Health Symposium 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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”)
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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?