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New Video Available

 

Video available from our 2013 Annual Conference, "The Future of the FDA in the 21st Century" on our conference page now!

 

See the video from our recent events on Personalized Medicine Patenting, and Revising the Requirement of Informed Consent in an Era of Privatization and Managed Care on our Webcasts page.

 

Call for Applications: Student Internship Program

 

Please see the full call here. Applications due no later than May 31, 2013.

 

All Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply.

 

Honoring Professor Hutt: Donate to the Petrie-Flom Center!

 

Back in January, we had the pleasure of celebrating Peter Barton Hutt's 20 years (so far!) teaching Food and Drug Law during the winter term at Harvard Law School, and we were thrilled to welcome him back as a plenary speaker at our Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference this May.  Peter has worked at the Washington, DC law firm of Covington & Burling, specializing in Food and Drug Law, for more than five decades.  He began his law practice with the firm in 1960 and is now Senior Counsel; from 1971-1975, he was Chief Counsel for the Food and Drug Administration.  His course at HLS, which regularly achieves the highest ratings from students, covers all aspects of government regulation of food and drugs from ancient times to the present. 

 

Clearly, Peter was the natural choice for a plenary discussing "Historical Themes and Developments Over the Past 50 Years at FDA."  Please take a moment to watch the video of his talk, filled with insights only Peter could provide: video.

 

We hope you will consider helping us further honor Peter and his many contributions to HLS by making a gift to the Petrie-Flom Center.  One significant way that your contribution can assist is through the Center's student fellowship program, which provides a select group of Harvard graduate students with extensive mentorship to develop a piece of independent scholarly writing suitable for publication - exactly as Peter has supported so many students through his own course.  Petrie-Flom Center student fellows also attend the Health Law Policy and Bioethics workshops at HLS and blog at Bill of Health.

 

CLICK HERE TO MAKE YOUR GIFT TODAY

 

When making a gift, please indicate it is in Professor Hutt's honor and is to support the Petrie-Flom Center.  If you have questions on how to make a gift, please call 617-495-3114 or email alumrec@law.harvard.edu

 

The Globalization of Health Care: Legal and Ethical Issues – Now Available from OUP

 

The edited volume stemming from the Petrie-Flom Center's 2011 Annual Conference – The Globalization of Health Care: Legal and Ethical Issues, I. Glenn Cohen, ed. (Oxford University Press, 2013) – is now available for purchase through the publisherAmazon, or other outlets.  You can also download the introduction and front matter for free here.

 

News and Scholarship

 

Can You Buy Sperm Donor Identification? An Experiment
by I. Glenn Cohen and Travis Coan
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol 10, Issue 4, December 2013


Discrimination at the Doctor's Office

by Holly Fernandez Lynch

New England Journal of Medicine, May 2, 2013

(Listen to the podcast interview here)

 

Obama administration to appeal Plan B contraception age limit

Quoting I. Glenn Cohen

The Washington Times, May 1, 2013

 

Transplant Tourism: The Ethics and Regulation of International Markets for Organs

by I. Glenn Cohen

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2013

 

Why is medical tourism from Australia booming?

Quoting I. Glenn Cohen

World News Australia, April 23, 2013

 

Smokers cloud states’ rollout of ‘Obamacare’

Quoting Holly Fernandez Lynch

The Washington Times, April 22, 2013

 

Of Modest Proposals and Non-Identity: A Comment on the Right to Know Your Genetic Parents

by I. Glenn Cohen

The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 13, Issue 5, 2013

 

Making Residency Work Hour Rules Work

by I. Glenn Cohen, Charles A. Czeisler, and Christopher P. Landrigan

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2013

 

Ontario judge gives green light to Yasmin, Yaz class action lawsuit

Quoting I. Glenn Cohen

Global News, April 18, 2013

Petrie-Flom Center (PFC) — A Harvard center dedicated to interdisciplinary research and debate of cutting-edge issues in health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics.

Health Law Policy Workshop

Please check back in the Fall 2013 semester for next year's Workshop schedule!

Petrie-Flom Events

Please refer to our events webpage for further details.

 

Other Events at Harvard

May 31, 2013

Adaptive Clinical Trials: Ethical, Regulatory & Statistical Considerations Symposium

1:00-5:00pm

Boston Children's Hospital
Enders Research Building - Folkman Auditorium
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Space is limited. Please register, and contact us if you have questions. 

 

The Division of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School often has public programs likely to be of interest.  More information is available here

 

The Healthcare Initiative at Harvard Business School also hosts a number of relevant events.  For details, see here

 

Opportunities Around Harvard

June 12-14, 2013

Harvard Clinical Bioethics Course

Harvard Medical School