Fourth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

January 29, 2016, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Description

The Fourth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium featured leading experts discussing major developments during 2015 and what to watch out for in 2016. The discussion at this day-long event covered hot topics in such areas as health insurance, health care systems, public health, innovation, and other issues facing clinicians and patients.

This year's Health Law Year in P/Review was sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, the Hastings Center, Harvard Health Publications at Harvard Medical School, and the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, with support from the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.

Agenda

Each speaker's presentation was followed by time for Q & A.

8:00 - 8:30am, Registration

8:30 - 8:35am, Welcome Remarks

I. Glenn Cohen, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center
Holly Fernandez Lynch, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center

8:35 - 9:00am, The Current State of Health Care Reform

Abigail Moncrieff, Peter Paul Career Development Professor and Associate Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

9:00 - 9:25am, Medicaid Expansion

Rachel E. Sachs, Academic Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center

9:25 - 9:50am, Value-Based Health Care Payments

Michael Chernew, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy and Director of the Healthcare Markets and Regulation (HMR) Lab, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

9:50 - 10:15am, 2016 Presidential Election and Health Policy

David Blumenthal, President, The Commonwealth Fund

10:15 - 10:30am, Break

10:30 - 10:55am, Proposed Amendments to the Common Rule Governing Human Subjects Research

Barbara E. Bierer, Faculty Co-Director, Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Director, Regulatory Foundations, Ethics and the Law Program, Harvard Catalyst, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior Physician, Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

10:55 - 11:20am, Expanded Access for Individuals and Right to Try Laws

Christine Mitchell, Executive Director, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School

11:20 - 11:45am, Fetal Tissue Research and Controversy

I. Glenn Cohen, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center

11:45am - 12:10pm, Wellness Incentives, the ADA, and GINA

Kristin Madison, Professor of Law and Health Sciences, Northeastern University School of Law

12:10 - 12:30pm, Break

12:30 - 1:30pm, Debate: Information Sharing or Misleading Promotion? Evolving Case Law on Pharmaceutical Company Statements

Jerry Avorn, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
James M. (Mit) Spears, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

1:30 - 1:40pm, Break

1:40 - 2:05pm, 21st-Century Cures

Aaron Kesselheim, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and faculty member, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2:05 - 2:30pm, Trade Law’s Impact on Health Law

Amy Kapczynski, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale Law School

2:30 - 3:00pm, Health IP Update

Claire Laporte, Partner, Foley Hoag, LLP

3:00 - 3:25pm, Antitrust and Health Law

Barak Richman, Edgar P. and Elizabeth C. Bartlett Professor of Law and Professor of Business Administration, Duke University

3:25 - 3:35pm, Break

3:35 - 4:00pm, Gun Control and Public Health Law

Wendy Parmet, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Director of the Program on Health Policy, and Law and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Education and Research Support at Northeastern University School of Law

4:00 - 4:25pm, Opioid Addiction

Rebecca Haffajee, Thomas O. Pyle Fellow in Pharmaceutical Policy Research, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute

4:25 - 5:00pm, #Blacklivesmatter and Health Law

David R. Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

5:00pm, Adjourn

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Health Affairs Blog Series

Nancy Beaulieu, Michael Chernew, Soren Kristensen, and Meredith Rosenthal, "The Economics Of Paying For Value"
I. Glenn Cohen, "Planned Parenthood And Fetal Tissue Sale: Manufactured Controversy And The Real Ethical Debate"
Rebecca Haffajee, "Fight The Urge To Criminalize Opioid Addiction Behaviors"
Claire Laporte, "One Patent Law, Two Economic Sectors: Is The One-Size-Fits-All Patent Law Still Workable?"
Holly Fernandez Lynch, "Four Key Issues in Health Law That Are As Relevant As Ever in 2016"
Kristin Madison, "The EEOC’s Role In Reshaping Wellness Programs"
Wendy Parmet, "The Curious Case Of The Docs Versus The Glocks: Firearms, The First Amendment, And Physician Speech"
Barak Richman, "Breaking Good? The Arc Of Antitrust Policy In The Health Sector"
Rachel E. Sachs, "Medicaid Expansion Through Section 1115 Waivers: Evaluating The Tradeoffs"

Debate: Information Sharing or Misleading Promotion? Evolving Case Law on Pharmaceutical Company Statements

Jerry Avorn, "The First Amendment And Pharmaceutical Promotion"
James M. "Mit" Spears, "Taking A Data-Driven, Patient-Centric Approach To Pharmaceutical Company Communication With Health Care Professionals"

Select Speakers' Slide Presentations

Michael Chernew, "Value Based Health Care Payments"
I. Glenn Cohen, "Fetal Tissue Research: Lots of Smoke, Little Fire"
Kristin Madison, "Wellness Incentives, the ADA, and GINA"
Christine Mitchell, "Expanded Access and Right to Try Laws"
Wendy Parmet, "Docs vs. Glocks: Physicians, Firearms, Free Speech, and the Regulation of Public Health"
David R. Williams, "Black Lives Matter for Health... And for All of Us"

Partner Event

The Fourth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review was held in partnership with the American Journal of Law and Medicine's annual symposium.

Global Infectious Diseases: New Challenges and Solutions

Saturday, January 30, 2016, 8:15am - 5:00pm

Boston University School of Law

Infectious diseases were once relegated to the dustbin of history, but today emerging and re- emerging infectious diseases threaten health and health care systems in every country. Issues include whether we are blundering into a post-antibiotic apocalypse; how to prevent the emergence of global infectious diseases; and how to ensure equitable access to appropriate prevention and therapies across all income groups.

Recent events, such as the measles outbreak in the United States, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and litigation over a compounding pharmacy’s liability in the spread of fungal meningitis, highlight the legal, medical, and bioethical challenges posed by infectious diseases. This symposium focused on the interdisciplinary considerations and obstacles raised by these and similar developments. Panels discussed challenges and constraints to developing new treatments for infectious diseases, the global challenge of addressing diseases that do not recognize national borders, responsibilities relating to vaccination, the development of “super bugs” due to excessive use of antibiotics, and the possibility of expanding tort liability to cover the spread of infectious diseases.

For more information, visit the website!