The effect of rising prescription drug prices
How will rising prescription drug prices impact the health of patients? Experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shared their opinions during a Twitter chat, hosted by Reuters, on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Ben Sommers, assistant professor…
Supreme Court gene-patenting decision represents balancing act
A June 2013 Supreme Court ruling that human genes cannot be patented upholds the notion that “our common humanity cannot be owned” but also preserves incentives important for biomedical innovation, according to an article by Harvard School of…
More drugs being approved for rare diseases in kids
A Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) health policy expert says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should more closely monitor the increasing number of “orphan” drugs on the market, particularly those designed to treat rare diseases…