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Economic effects of product liability and other litigation involving the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Garber
| Economic effects of product liability and other litigation involving the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Garber |
| Autore | Garber Steven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (117 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.4761510973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Products liability - Drugs - Economic aspects - United States
Pharmaceutical industry - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figure and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Conceptual Framework for the Analyses; Positive Analysis: Effects of Liability Exposure on Company Decisions and Economic Outcomes; Company Decisions and Economic Outcomes; Conceptualizing Company Decision making; What Determines Whether Companies Respond to Liability Exposure?; What Kinds of Conclusions Are Possible from the Positive Analytic Approach?; Normative Analysis: Economic Efficiency of Effects of Liability Exposure; Economic Efficiency
Identifying Sources of Inefficiency CHAPTER THREE: The Legal and Institutional Settings; Food and Drug Administration Regulation; Preapproval Regulations; Post-Market Regulations; Product-Liability Law for Prescription Drugs; Manufacturing Defects; Design Defects; Warnings Defects; Regulatory Compliance Defenses (RCDs); Other Legal Issues and Practices; Personal-Injury Causation; Class Actions Alleging Personal Injuries; Class Actions Alleging Financial Injuries; Judicial Gatekeeping of Expert Evidence; U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on Sizes of Punitive Damages; Medical Monitoring Claims Congregation and Coordination of Related Lawsuits Settlements of Mass Torts; CHAPTER FOUR: Pharmaceutical Mass Torts During the 1990's and 2000's; Mass Torts Resulting in Especially Large Payouts by Defendants; Fen-Phen Diet Pills; Baycol; Rezulin; Vioxx; Hormone Replacement Therapies-Premarin, Provera, and Prempro; Zyprexa; Mass Tort Attempts Resulting in Substantially Smaller Payouts by Defendants; Norplant; Childhood Vaccines and Autism; Other Mass Tort Attempts That Have Largely Failed for Plaintiffs; Summing Up; Mass Drug-Related Injuries; Mass Torts; Financial Incentives to Avoid Liability Roles of Punitive Damages Controversies About Injury Causation; Transaction Costs of Unsuccessful Mass Tort Attempts; CHAPTER FIVE: Preemption of Pharmaceutical Failure-to-Warn Claims; Federal Preemption Law; Purported Economic Effects of Failure-to-Warn Claims; Economic Arguments Supporting Preemption; Economic Arguments Opposing Preemption; Preemption of Failure-to-Warn Claims for Generic Drugs; Would Failure-to-Warn Litigation Pass a Social Cost-Benefit Test?; Sources of Confusion in the Preemption Debate; The Overall Economic Efficiency of FTW Litigation Is Unknown CHAPTER SIX: Incentives Stemming from Other Litigation Affecting Safety and Effectiveness Actions Brought by the U.S. Department of Justice; State Consumer Protection Acts-Background and Controversies; Safety- and Effectiveness-Related Litigation Brought by State Attorneys General; Safety- and Effectiveness-Related Financial-Injury Litigation Brought by Private Parties; Shareholder Suits Pertaining to Pharmaceutical Safety and Effectiveness; Summing Up; CHAPTER SEVEN: In Conclusion; Major Legal Developments Since 1990; Product Liability for Personal Injury Other Litigation Pertaining to Drug Safety and Effectiveness |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220156803321 |
Garber Steven
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| Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Insurance class actions in the United States / / Nicholas M. Pace ... [et al.]
| Insurance class actions in the United States / / Nicholas M. Pace ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 346.73/08600269 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PaceNicholas M <1955-> (Nicholas Michael) |
| Soggetto topico |
Class actions (Civil procedure) - United States
Tort liability of insurance companies - United States |
| ISBN |
1-281-18110-2
9786611181109 0-8330-4269-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Summary of methodological approach -- Survey results -- Issues related to regulation. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220133103321 |
| Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Regulating older drivers : are new policies needed? / / David S. Loughran, Seth A. Seabury, Laura Zakaras
| Regulating older drivers : are new policies needed? / / David S. Loughran, Seth A. Seabury, Laura Zakaras |
| Autore | Loughran David S. <1969-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (39 p.) |
| Disciplina | 343.7309/46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SeaburySeth A
ZakarasLaura |
| Collana | Occasional paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Drivers' licenses - United States
Older automobile drivers - Government policy - United States Traffic safety - United States - Evaluation Risk assessment - United States Traffic regulations - United States |
| ISBN |
1-281-18079-3
9786611180799 0-8330-4284-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Estimating the relative riskiness of older drivers -- The relative riskiness of older drivers -- Policy implications. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220106603321 |
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Loughran David S. <1969->
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| Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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