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Epstein, Richard Allen

Overdose how excessive government regulation stifles pharmaceutical innovation - New Haven Yale University Press 2006 - xi, 283 p. 25 cm

"An Institute for Policy Innovation Book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-271) 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 withdrawal : 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.

ISBN: 9780300116649

LCCN: 2006006514

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA667981 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101271119 DNLM 013526886 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
United States--Food and Drug Administration

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pharmaceutical industry--Government policy--United States
Drug Industry--United States
Government Regulation--United States
Public Policy--United States

LC Class. No.: HD9666.6 / .E67 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 338.4761510973 / EP-O

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QV 736 / E64o 2006