Medical Law

Malcomson Law

Malcomson Law is an Irish law firm specialising in health law: medical and clinical negligence, pharmaceutical litigation, misdiagnosis and public and private inquiries. Background information and case studies are provided on their website, together news, links and other information.

Death with Dignity Act

Information about the US State of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, provided by the Oregon Health Authority. Includes the act, together with administrative rules, forms, instructions, annual reports and FAQs. The site is available in ten different languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English and Spanish.

Research guide on TRIPS and compulsory licensing:access to innovative pharmaceuticals for least developed countries

Online guide focusing on the legal and economic factors preventing poorer countries gaining access to innovative drugs, by patent attorney Do Hyung Kim. Pubished on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, it gives background information about the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and looks at the problems of compulsory licensing, such as the risks of arbitrage and counterfeit drugs.

Pathfinder on the generic pharmaceutical industry

Online guide to the United States generic pharmaceutical industry, by Sarah Spear who is pursuing an LLM in Taxation at the Florida Coastal School of Law. The guide was published in June 2006 in LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange), the free online web journal for legal information professionals. The author provides an introduction to the regulation of drug production in the US and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and covers terminology, federal statutes and pharmaceutical patent litigation.

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