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Reasonable Pricing Clauses: A First Step Toward Ensuring Taxpayers a Fair Return on their Public R&D Investment

Bill of Health

Senator Sanders’ proposal within PAHPA was ultimately struck from the next iteration of the legislation due to concerns from the pharmaceutical industry and others that such a measure would chill innovation. Federal support by BARDA and the CDC have de-risked the development of medical products for the pharmaceutical industry.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

In fact, if you knew that the business model of PLM was always to package and sell data to researchers, including the pharmaceutical industry, you may shrug your shoulders and assume there is no fundamental change. But if you were not aware of that fact, you may be worried about who, exactly, now has access to the data.

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Can Rights Make Any Difference for Access to Health? Insights from a Scoping Review on Constitutional Rights for the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All

Bill of Health

Over time, these social movements may eventually secure increased public investment (pillar 2), as seen in Brazil, where the right to health played a role in directing the State towards a leading position in the national pharmaceutical industrial complex (pillar 3).

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Would You Sell Your Ancestors? The ethical paradigms of Ayahuasca (Part I)

Bill of Health

artwork by Daiara Tukano by Daiara Tukano and Maria Fernanda Gebara Last June, we had the honor of speaking at Law and Policy of Psychedelic Medicine, the 2024 Annual Conference hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. You can watch our panel here.

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The Remarkable Rise of Pharma’s Reputation in the Pandemic

Health Populi

The reputation of the pharmaceutical industry gained a “whopping” 30 points between January 2020 and February 2021, based on the latest Harris Poll in their research into industries’ reputations. The study was written up by Beth Snyder Bulik in FiercePharma.

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