Veterinary Drug Approval Process

2005-04-18 Thread dlurker
Does anyone have data on costs related to the FDA approval process for veterinary drugs? I am interested to see how these would compare to commonly cited information on the burdens associated with the human drug approval process (time required to obtain approval, supporting documentation require

Washington Post Article

2004-11-01 Thread dlurker
Today's WP contains an article on the rationing of influenza vaccine:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14657-2004Oct31.htmlThere's an interesting about face in the middle of the article, wherethe role of regulation is briefly acknowledged, but then goes on tojustify government control

Re: paying for blood donations

2004-02-23 Thread dlurker
Interesting point. I'd be interested to know how blood is currently allocated among hospitals and other end users. Market process or rationing? If the former, it seems like there would be price differences in value dependent on the relative incidence of blood types in the population. I suspect t

Re: paying for blood donations

2004-02-23 Thread dlurker
Although probably not marketable, why not use high incentives and some arbitrary standard that is strongly negatively correlated with being a high risk donor? Education, income or land ownership for instance? Bring a transcript showing at least two years of college, a W-2 showing 15k of wages, o

Re: New Borjas Bombshell: Immigration Now Impacting College Grads' Incomes

2003-09-03 Thread dlurker
Indeed, Hoppe is from Germany, even if he wishes he wasn't. - Original Message - From: Anton Sherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, September 1, 2003 3:16 pm Subject: Re: New Borjas Bombshell: Immigration Now Impacting College Grads' Incomes > alypius skinner wrote: > > (Ironically, t