Health Law Review articles from December 2008

Health Law Review archives from December 2008

Decision-making processes regarding cancer technologies: a review.(Canada)
December 22, 2008... The issue of timely access to high quality cancer care has heightened in Canada, fueled in part by incidence rates reaching levels where cancer now touches, in some way, the lives of most Canadians. (1) Thus, deliberations over how best to...

Genomics and intellectual property: considering alternatives to traditional patenting.
December 22, 2008... I. Introduction In recent years, significant issues have been raised about the impacts of patenting practices in genomics. Specifically, critics have voiced concern about the possibility of creating an anti-commons where upstream--or early...

Novel platforms for genetic analysis: an assessment of rapid, portable diagnostic devices.
December 22, 2008... Pioneered simultaneously in Denmark and the United States in the early 1990s, consensus conferencing is a relatively new tool for consulting the public on a wide range of issues. A consensus conference involves members of the lay public and...

Reflections on the value of systems models for regulation of medical research and product development.
December 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION (1) In a recent editorial in Science, (2) Bill Wulf used a systems ecology framework to construct a model for innovation in the life sciences. He defined an "innovation ecology" as the various "interrelated institutions, laws,...

BiDil, clinical trials and the popular press: an exploration of newspaper coverage.
December 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION News about biotechnology is everywhere - on the web, in magazines, on TV and in newspapers. (1) But, in many ways, the popular press coverage of biotechnology has been less than ideal. (2) Studies examining the quality of...