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Author Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-

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

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description xi, 283 pages ; 25 cm
Note "An Institute for Policy Innovation Book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-271) and index.
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 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.
Subject Pharmaceutical industry -- Government policy -- United States.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Government policy.
United States.
Pharmaceutical industry.
United States. Food and Drug Administration.
United States. Food and Drug Administration.
Added Author Yale University. Institute for Policy Innovation.
ISBN 0300116640 cloth alkaline paper
9780300116649 cloth alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780300116649