TY - BOOK AU - Epstein,Richard Allen ED - Yale University TI - Overdose : how excessive government regulation stifles pharmaceutical innovation SN - 9780300116649 AV - HD9666.6 .E67 2006 U1 - 338.4761510973 23 PY - 2006/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Pharmaceutical industry KW - Government policy KW - United States KW - Drug Industry KW - Government Regulation KW - Public Policy N1 - "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 ER -