Resources: Affiliate Scholarship
The timing of 30-month stay expirations and generic entry: A cohort study of first generics, 2013–2020
Before the first generic version of a drug is marketed, patent litigation often occurs. The process begins when generic manufacturers notify the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of their…
The Need for a Strong and Stable Federal Public Health Agency Independent from Politicians
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the precariousness of federal public health institutions in the United States, and how disastrously things can go when those institutions are undermined by political forces.…
Empoderamiento jurídico y abogacía comunitaria en Latinoamérica: experiencias de acceso a la justicia desde la comunidad
Esta publicación es producto del esfuerzo de la comunidad de la Red Global de Empoderamiento Jurídico por adentrarse en aprendizajes e intercambios más profundos…
Ethics review of big data research: What should stay and what should be reformed?
Complete author list: Agata Ferby Agata Ferretti, Marcello Ienca, Mark Sheehan, Alessandro Blasimme, Edward S. Dove, Bobbie Farsides, Phoebe Friesen, Jeff Kahn, Walter Karlen, Peter Kleist, S. Matthew Liao, Camille…
Ethics review of big data research: What should stay and what should be reformed?
Complete author list: Marcello Ienca, Mark Sheehan, Alessandro Blasimme, Edward S. Dove, Bobbie Farsides, Phoebe Friesen, Jeff Kahn, Walter Karlen, Peter Kleist, S. Matthew Liao, Camille Nebeker, Gabrielle Samuel, Mahsa…
Los retos y las posibilidades para la gestión de la información en salud: una mirada desde los derechos humanos
Resumen La pandemia ha hecho que se preste mucha más atención a las conexiones entre la salud de la población y los sistemas sanitarios…
The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: Attending to the Underserved
Telemedicine, which is likely to become an enduring legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, invariably is in conflict with the interstate physician licensing process. This obstacle is being progressively overcome by…
Trends in Health Care Worker Intentions to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine and Reasons for Hesitancy
Introduction Although health care workers (HCWs) can serve as ambassadors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance, surveys have found low acceptance rates among HCWs (eg, 33.5%). However, those surveys were conducted before the…
Reining in drug patents isn’t a silver bullet against high drug prices
One of the top orders of business for the Biden administration is curbing drug prices. It’s a laudable goal. High drug prices are a major public health concern;…
Paying People to Take the Vaccine - Would it Help or Backfire?
Full author list: Christopher Robertson (Former Academic Fellow), Daniel Scheitrum, K. Aleks Schaefer, Trey Malone, Brandon R. McFadden, Paul Ferraro, and Kent D. Messer This research investigates the extent to…
Plumbing the Depths of Ethical Payment for Research Participation
Full author list: Holly Fernandez Lynch (Former Executive Director), Thomas C. Darton, Jae Levy, Frank McCormick, Ubaka Ogbogu, Ruth O. Payne, Alvin E. Roth, Akilah Jefferson Shah, Thomas Smiley, and…
Opinion: Age-based vaccine distribution is not only unethical. It’s also bad health policy.
Americans are queuing up for coronavirus vaccinations, but some states have started pushing vulnerable residents out of the vaccine line. Maine removed eligibility for all front-line workers and people with…
Are patents the cause of—or solution to—COVID-19 vaccine innovation problems? (No!)
Full author list: Jacob Sherkow (Former Edmond J. Safra Center and Petrie-Flom Center Fellow), Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Nicholson Price (Former Academic Fellow), and Rachel Sachs (Former Academic Fellow) Are patents…
EpiPen, Patents, and Life and Death
Drug pricing disputes, while significant public health concerns, are not typically immediate life or death matters. But they may be for certain emergency medicines, medicines used for potentially lethal and…
The Jury Trial Reinvented
The Framers of the Sixth and Seventh Amendments to the United States Constitution recognized that jury trials were essential institutions for maintaining democratic legitimacy and avoiding epistemic crises. As an…
Independent Pharmacies Gain Unanimous Victory in Recent US Supreme Court Case
Independent pharmacies across the country—particularly those in rural areas—have struggled financially in recent years. Between 2003 and 2018, 16.1% of independent pharmacies in rural areas closed their doors. Pharmacies…
Regulatory Sandboxes and the Public Health
Recently, administrative agencies around the world have engaged in a grand experiment to regulate new technologies: regulatory sandboxes. Regulatory sandboxes allow developers, in cooperation with an agency, to conduct limited…
How can policymakers overcome the hurdles to scaling up antibody manufacturing?
Full author list: Rachel Sachs (Former Academic Fellow), Jacob S. Sherkow (Former Edmond J. Safra Center and Petrie-Flom Center Fellow), Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, and Nicholson Price (Former Academic Fellow) In…