Browsing Harvard Law School by Keyword "drug"
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An Examination of Strict Criminal Liability Under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938: Is It Time For Change?
(1999)Food and drug violations have been largely governed by a strict liability standard since the nineteenth century. Use of this standard in connection with criminal sanctions has generally been defended on the grounds that ... -
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LABELING OF FOOD AND DRUGS IN THE WAKE OF RAMIREZ V. PLOUGH INC.: IS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE THE SOLUTION FOR AMERICA?
(1994)In 1993, the California Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case Ramirez v. Plough. Inc.1 holding that manufacturers of nonprescription drugs in that state have no duty under the tort law to print mandatory warnings ... -
Harmonizing Pharmaceutical Regulation Among the United States, the European Union, and Japan: The ICH Initiative
(2003)The United States, the European Union and Japan comprise 75% of the world's pharmaceutical market and generate 90% of all pharmaceutical research. Recognizing the need for and benefits of harmonized testing standards the ... -
The Liability of Drug Analysis from the Story of Intravenous Iodine-Contained Contrast Medium
(1999)The development of the liability of drugs is a complicated and sophisticated process, like the development of drugs. Intravenous iodine-contained contrast medium, a diagnostic drug with excellent effectiveness and unavoidable ... -
Litigating the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984
(2000)The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, also known as the Hatch-Waxman Act in honor of its sponsors Senator Orrin Hatch and Representative Henry Waxman, was enacted in an attempt to reconcile ... -
New Approaches to the Methamphetamine Epidemic
(2004)Methamphetamine abuse has become an epidemic in the United States. As methamphetamine becomes increasingly available, more and more people are trying – and becoming addicted to – this ... -
Post-Approval Testing By Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
(2002)A pharmaceutical manufacturer currently has an incentive to remain ignorant about a drug’s side effects after the Food and Drug Administration (“FDAâ€) approves the drug for ... -
Promotion of Unapproved Uses of Approved Drugs and Devices: An Analysis under the First Amendment
(2000)This paper seeks (1) to provide the background necessary to understand current commercial speech jurisprudence; (2) to explore the First Amendment analysis in recent cases against FDA; (3) to examine the landscape of food ... -
Rapists Discover New Weapons: The Problem and Response to Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
(2001)Drug-facilitated rape presents its victims and law enforcement personnel with an additional set of challenges above and beyond those associated with other sexual assaults. This paper will explore those challenges by examining ... -
A Unified System for Ensuring Drug Safety
(2002)There are currently two systems in the United States to ensure the safety of pharmaceutical products: tort and regulation. The shared goal of tort law and Food and Drug Administrative (“FDAâ€) ...