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Statutory Compliance And Tort Liability: Examining The Strongest Case, Michael D. Green Dec 1997

Statutory Compliance And Tort Liability: Examining The Strongest Case, Michael D. Green

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Professor Green addresses the matter of the proper balance between the tort system and regulation in the context of prescription drugs and the FDA's vigorous oversight of the industry. He articulates several reasons why a regulatory compliance defense, in which tort law would defer to FDA regulation, is quite attractive. Despite the superior expertise of the FDA in assessing the benefits and risks of a drug, a regulatory compliance defense is considerably more problematical than might appear at first glance. Ascertaining compliance with FDA requirements could be a lengthy and complicated inquiry that would either replace or supplement the issues …


Global Responses: The Search For Cures In The Development Of Pharmaceuticals, Stuart R. Walker Oct 1997

Global Responses: The Search For Cures In The Development Of Pharmaceuticals, Stuart R. Walker

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

In this article, Professor Stuart Walker examines several challenges that

will be faced by the global pharmaceutical industry in the near future. These

involve the question of improving the overall quality of life and care for

millions in an era of cost containment. In order to respond to the increasing

demands for advances in medicine while simultaneously retaining an

industrially strong, innovative, and resilient economy, responsibility for the

necessary changes will need to be shared among governments, the

pharmaceutical industry, and health care professionals.

In particular, four challenges faced by the global pharmaceutical industry

and their responses to each are …


Pharmaceuticals: Test Bed For European Themes On Trademarks And The Free Movement Of Goods, Ian S. Forrester, Anne N. Nielson Oct 1997

Pharmaceuticals: Test Bed For European Themes On Trademarks And The Free Movement Of Goods, Ian S. Forrester, Anne N. Nielson

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of Michael D. Green, Bendectin And Birth Defects: The Challenges Of Mass Toxic Substance Litigation, Stefan Oglevee Jan 1997

Book Review Of Michael D. Green, Bendectin And Birth Defects: The Challenges Of Mass Toxic Substance Litigation, Stefan Oglevee

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of Michael D. Green, Bendectin and Birth Defects: The Challenges of Mass Toxic Substances Litigation (University of Pennsylvania Press 1996). Acknowledgements, index, preface, selected bibliography. LC 95-42306; ISBN 0-8122-3257-7 [368 pp. $29.95 Cloth. 1300 Blockley Hall, 418 Service Drive, Philadelphia PA 19104-6097.]