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Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Improving Access To Emerging Lifesaving Drugs: Solving The Disclosure Problem Within The Patent Dance, Michael J. Schellhous Jan 2021

Improving Access To Emerging Lifesaving Drugs: Solving The Disclosure Problem Within The Patent Dance, Michael J. Schellhous

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

Biologics are a growing class of pharmaceutical drugs and are associated with a significant portion of major medical breakthroughs over the past fifty years. However, in comparison with traditional small-molecule drugs, biologics are vastly more complex, more difficult to manufacture, and extremely expensive. Congress passed the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) in an effort to increase the availability of biosimilars—the generic versions of biologic drugs—but the BPCIA has been largely ineffective. This is due, in part, to the lack of a standard regarding initial information disclosures required at the outset of the BPCIA process, leading to a cumbersome …


Introducing Patient Scope Of Care: Psychologists, Psychiatrists, And The Privilege To Prescribe Drugs, Rachel P. Berland Jan 2013

Introducing Patient Scope Of Care: Psychologists, Psychiatrists, And The Privilege To Prescribe Drugs, Rachel P. Berland

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Independent Clinical Trials To Test Drugs: The Neglected Reform, Marc A. Rodwin Jan 2012

Independent Clinical Trials To Test Drugs: The Neglected Reform, Marc A. Rodwin

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.