Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Drug importation; drug prices; online pharmacies; international regulatory harmonization; FDA; EMA (1)
- Marijuana; Cannabis; Cannabis Act; Drugs; Narcotics; Tetrahydrocannabinol; THC; CBD; Coca Leaf; Legalization; Decriminalization; Possession; Prohibition; HIV; AIDS; Vienna Convention; VCLT; Single Convention on Narcotics; Convention on Psychotropic Substances; Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances; Schedule I; Schedule IV; Controlled Substances Act; CSA; INCB; WHO; World Health Organization; ECDD; CND; UNGASS; Opium Act; Hague; League of Nations; ACLU; Russia; Bolivia; Uruguay; Netherlands; Portugal; Canada; UN; United Nations; Treaties; Coffeeshops; Back Door; El Guindy; Anslinger; ECOSCO; Wolff; Nixon; Reagan; War on Drugs; Holder; Black Market; Mujica; Law 19.172; AHOJ-G; Law 30/2000; Trudeau; Bill-C-45; Le Dain Commission; Accession; Reservation; Inter Se (1)
- Trans-Pacific Partnership; international law; biosimilars; biosimilars industry; Taiwan; patents; patent law; intellectual property; United States; Republic of South Korea; patent linkage; pharmaceuticals; pharmaceutical industry; drug regulation; comparative law (1)
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Food and Drug Law
Enough Excuses On Drug Importation: A New Transnational Paradigm For Fda Regulation And Lower Us Drug Prices, Gabriel Levitt
Enough Excuses On Drug Importation: A New Transnational Paradigm For Fda Regulation And Lower Us Drug Prices, Gabriel Levitt
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which enforces drug safety laws, asserts that under most circumstances the importation of prescription drugs is illegal. Yet because of high drug prices in the United States, over the past couple of decades, tens of millions of Americans have imported prescription drugs for personal use. For many, this was their only way to afford them. A unique array of federal laws, regulations, and policies, including the de facto decriminalization of the practice of personal drug importation, have in effect permitted personal drug importation. The same exceptions, however, are not available for commercial drug …
An Analysis Of The Patent Linkage System And Development Of The Biosimilar Industry In Taiwan, Jerry I-H Hsiao
An Analysis Of The Patent Linkage System And Development Of The Biosimilar Industry In Taiwan, Jerry I-H Hsiao
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
In 2019, as an effort to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement (now Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)), Taiwan has implemented the patent linkage system which covers both small molecule generic drugs and large molecule biosimilar into the Pharmaceutical Affair Act. The system modeled after the U.S.’s patent linkage system designed for small molecule drugs under the Hatch Waxman Act (HWA). Based on the experience of the patent linkage system under the HWA, biosimilar industry representatives in Taiwan contended that the adoption of the patent linkage system will be detrimental to the development of local industry. By …
High Time For A Change: How The Relationship Between Signatory Countries And The United Nations Conventions Governing Narcotic Drugs Must Adapt To Foster A Global Shift In Cannabis Law, Alexander Clementi
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
Since the early 1970’s, the inclusion of cannabis and its byproducts in the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs has mandated a strict prohibition on cultivation and use of the substance, which has led to a largely global practice of criminalization and imprisonment of anyone found to be in its possession. Yet recently, mostly in response to growing public health concerns, countries like Uruguay, Portugal, The Netherlands, Canada, and the United States have enacted laws which seek to decriminalize or even legalize cannabis use and possession. Yet, cannabis remains classified as a Schedule IV narcotic under the Single Convention, …