Pharmaceuticals — Volume 21, Issue 1 & 2

A Simple Solution to the Problem of “Product Hopping”

In this piece, Professor Carrier explains why legislation addressing product hopping is the best option to address this anticompetitive behavior. He focuses on the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation that addresses the harms from product hopping while appropriately deferring to any reasonable justifications the drug company could offer. He explains how the legislation is conservative in several ways and addresses the industry’s argument that product-hopping legislation harms innovation. And he concludes that legislation can play a crucial role in ensuring that consumers have access to affordable generic medicines.

PharmaceuticalsHHPRDecember 23, 2021Pharmaceuticals, drugs, congress, legislation, law, health reformComment

Vaccines, Regulation, and Patents: A Conversation with Harvard Medical School Professor Dr. Jonathan J. Darrow

HHPR Senior Editor James Jolin interviewed Jonathan Darrow, S.J.D., LL.M., J.D., M.B.A, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Faculty Member of the Center for Bioethics. They discussed vaccine development, pharmaceutical regulation and patents.

Public HealthHHPRDecember 2, 2021interview, vaccine, regulation, patents, PharmaceuticalsComment