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Overdose : how excessive government regulation stifles pharmaceutical innovation / Richard A. Epstein.

By: Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-.
Contributor(s): Yale University. Institute for Policy Innovation.
New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 2008Description: xi, 283 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780300143263 (hbk.).Subject(s): United States. Food and Drug Administration | Pharmaceutical industry -- Government policy -- United States | Political planning -- United States | Government regulation -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Rising expectations and diminishing returns -- Property generally : externalities, coordination, and the public domain -- Intellectual property: the public domain and private rights -- Taming conflict of interests -- Federally sponsored research under Bayh-Dole -- The anticommons -- The single monopoly : current patent limitations -- Rate regulation : an unneeded swamp -- Patent purchases: a second swamp -- Socialization of R&D : the final swamp -- The steady expansion of FDA power -- FDA versus the individual : upstream or downstream decision making -- Drug withdrawa l : too much, too soon -- Getting the drugs to market -- Deceptive marketing -- Tort preliminaries -- Product liability for prescription drugs : manufacturing and design cases -- The main event : misrepresentation, overpromotion, and duty to warn -- Conclusion : socialized medicines.
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"An Institute for Policy Innovation Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rising expectations and diminishing returns -- Property generally : externalities, coordination, and the public domain -- Intellectual property: the public domain and private rights -- Taming conflict of interests -- Federally sponsored research under Bayh-Dole -- The anticommons -- The single monopoly : current patent limitations -- Rate regulation : an unneeded swamp -- Patent purchases: a second swamp -- Socialization of R&D : the final swamp -- The steady expansion of FDA power -- FDA versus the individual : upstream or downstream decision making -- Drug withdrawa l : too much, too soon -- Getting the drugs to market -- Deceptive marketing -- Tort preliminaries -- Product liability for prescription drugs : manufacturing and design cases -- The main event : misrepresentation, overpromotion, and duty to warn -- Conclusion : socialized medicines.

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