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| Semester | spring semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Every spring sem. |
| Lecturers | Catherine Sharkey (catherine.sharkey@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Regulation of vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices - fields of rapid technological growth and innovation - are topics of legal, economic, and policy significance. We will study how technological advances, including artificial intelligence, in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry challenge and demand redefinition of the institutional relationships between the FDA and courts, and of the mechanisms of supervision and control provided by the market, governmental regulation, and products liability litigation. |
| Learning objectives | We will study how technological advances in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry challenge and demand redefinition of the institutional relationships between agencies and courts, and of the mechanisms of supervision and control provided by the market, government, and common law litigation. |
| Bibliography | The reading materials will consist of excerpts from law review articles/ book chapters and also case studies (from court cases engaging the topics). |
| Comments | This course is part of the Summer School in Law, Business and Economic Policy. |
| Weblink | Summer School Homepage |
| Admission requirements | The course is designed for both business and law students or students interested in the subject. No specific prerequisites are required. |
| Course application | All applications have to be processed through the Summer School office. Course enrollment is at the same time the final registration for the exam! There will be an orientation for all Summer School courses on Monday, 4 March 2024, 18:15 via Zoom. Further information on the event can be found on the Summer School website: https://wwz.unibas.ch/de/studium/summer-school/courses/ |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | See individual dates | ||
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 15.07.2024 | 09.30-12.00 | --, -- |
| Modules |
Electives Bachelor Business and Economics: Recommendations (Bachelor's Studies: Business and Economics (Start of studies before 01.08.2021)) Electives Bachelor Business and Economics: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: Business and Economics (Start of studies before 01.08.2021)) Modul: Wahlbereich in Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Bachelor's degree subject: Business and Economics) Wahlbereich innerfakultär: Zusätzliches Lehrangebot (Bachelor's Studies: Business and Economics) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | You are expected to attend every class. Final grades will be determined by class participation (25%), one in-class presentation (25%), and 24-hour take-home final examination (50%). |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Registration/deregistration: faculty |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |