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Public Health Product Hops

Bill of Health

Regulatory and patent exclusivity periods govern the timing of generic entry, and because market share and revenue is often quickly lost upon market entry of generic drugs, extending market exclusivity for any duration can be extremely profitable. Glenn Cohen’s Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop at HLS.

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Is Preemption the Cure for Healthcare Federalism’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion?

Bill of Health

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now top of mind for lawyers, scholars, policymakers, and the public. healthcare system, representing just one example of “healthcare federalism” — the division of power between the federal and state governments in the regulation of health care. After Dobbs , U.S.

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A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 3: We Have the Tools (Sept. – Dec. 2021)

Bill of Health

Over the summer of 2021, concern grew that the vaccines were not providing the near-perfect protection against symptomatic disease and transmission that had first emboldened the administration to jettison other public health measures. Ultimately, both the FDA and CDC gave their blessing to boosters.

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Thank Ketamine for the Telehealth Extension

Bill of Health

Note: FDA approval for at least one indication is necessary for other “off-label” uses of the drug. You need one FDA approval to open the door to other off-label uses. Remember — no other psychedelic is FDA-approved ( yet ). Leveraging Public Opinion to Serve Public Health Again, this is not necessarily problematic !

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Reasonable Pricing Clauses: A First Step Toward Ensuring Taxpayers a Fair Return on their Public R&D Investment

Bill of Health

Pressure from Senator Bernie Sanders, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee seems to have catalyzed the administration to make this move. It is unlikely that the removal of a reasonable pricing condition on products funded by the federal government contributed to an increase in CRADAs.

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Book Review: ‘The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India’

Bill of Health

In fact, before publishing the book, the authors petitioned the government, highlighting glaring regulatory issues, but the government turned a blind eye. The book relies on primary sources of information — mainly government reports, judicial decisions, and government data.

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A Nutrition Label for Health IT

Health Populi

The Pew Trusts recently discussed prospects for the FDA to regulate AI in health care. Building a nutrition label for health equity – learning from MITRE . Questions about the ethics and governance of AI in health are being posed globally.

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