Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

By Ameet Sarpatwari and Aaron S. Kesselheim

Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, in-depth analyses, and thoughtful editorials on pharmaceutical law and policy.

Below are the papers identified from the month of December. The selections feature topics ranging from the timing of extensions in drug indications, to the FDA’s efforts to engage patients across the spectrum of medical product development, to the impact of medical schools’ industry interaction policies on resident behavior. A full posting of abstracts/summaries of these articles may be found on our website.

  1. Dhruva SS, Prasad V. Application of Medicare’s New Technology Add-on Payment Program for Blinatumomab. JAMA Oncol. 2015 Dec 30:1-2. [Epub ahead of print].
  2. Hunter NL, O’Callaghan KM, Califf RM. Engaging Patients Across the Spectrum of Medical Product Development: View From the US Food and Drug Administration. 2015 Dec 15;314(23):2499-500.
  3. Langedijk J, Whitehead CJ, Slijkerman DS, Leufkens HG, Schutjens MD, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK. Extensions of indication throughout the drug product lifecycle: a quantitative analysis. Drug Discov Today. 2015 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print].
  4. Neumann PJ, Cohen JT. Measuring the Value of Prescription Drugs. N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 31;373(27):2595-7.
  5. Shaw DL, Ross JS. US Federal Government Efforts to Improve Clinical Trial Transparency with Expanded Trial Registries and Open Data Sharing. AMA J Ethics. 2015 Dec 1;17(12):1152-9.
  6. Treasure CL, Avorn J, Kesselheim AS. Do March-In Rights Ensure Access to Medical Products Arising From Federally Funded Research? A Qualitative Study. Milbank Q. 2015 Dec;93(4):761-87.
  7. Yeh JS, Austad KE, Franklin JM, Chimonas S, Campbell EG, Avorn J, Kesselheim AS. Medical Schools’ Industry Interaction Policies Not Associated With Trainees’ Self-Reported Behavior as Residents: Results of a National Survey. J Grad Med Educ. 2015 Dec;7(4):595-602.

Ameet Sarpatwari

Ameet Sarpatwari is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an Associate Epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Assistant Director of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) within the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics. His research draws upon his interdisciplinary training as an epidemiologist and lawyer and focuses on the effects of laws and regulations on therapeutic development, approval, use, and related public health outcomes.

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