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Mobile Medical App Regulation: Preventing A Pandemic Of “Mobilechondriacs”, Nathaniel R. Carroll Jan 2014

Mobile Medical App Regulation: Preventing A Pandemic Of “Mobilechondriacs”, Nathaniel R. Carroll

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Indonesia’S Refusal To Share Influenza Virus Specimens With The World: Reviving The Arguments For Justice In Influenza Pandemic Preparedness, Meena Krishnamurthy, Matthew Herder Jan 2011

Indonesia’S Refusal To Share Influenza Virus Specimens With The World: Reviving The Arguments For Justice In Influenza Pandemic Preparedness, Meena Krishnamurthy, Matthew Herder

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

Indonesia’s December 2006 decision to stop sending influenza virus specimens to the World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN) captured international attention. At the time, the H5N1 subtype of influenza A virus was predicted to be the basis for the next pandemic. While many accused Indonesia - the country most afflicted by the virus - of putting the rest of the world in peril by withholding virus samples, Indonesia maintained that GISN was unjust for failing to ensure equitable access to vaccines developed using those samples. The H5N1 pandemic threat eventually waned, yet international negotiations to create a just …


The Ongoing And Iterative Task Of Pandemic Preparedness, Robert Gatter Jan 2010

The Ongoing And Iterative Task Of Pandemic Preparedness, Robert Gatter

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Reflections On Preparedness: Pandemic Planning In The Bush Administration, Stewart Simonson Jan 2010

Reflections On Preparedness: Pandemic Planning In The Bush Administration, Stewart Simonson

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Nil: The Value Of Patents In A Major Crisis Such As An Influenza Pandemic, Dennis D. Crouch Oct 2009

Nil: The Value Of Patents In A Major Crisis Such As An Influenza Pandemic, Dennis D. Crouch

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This essay focuses on the role of patents in relation to a potential global crisis such as an influenza pandemic or other public health crisis. I argue that patent rights will be largely ignored during an epidemic and that any post-crisis compensation would likely be low when compared to traditional patent rewards or settlements entered under threat of injunctive relief. In some situations, such as use of a patented invention by a state or local government, a patentee may have no recourse. Part III of the essay raises a separate issue that stems from the relatively long time frame for …