2021 and 2020 Webinars

Value Through the Product Life Cycle: 2021 Law & Economics Symposium

Amitabh Chandra, who teaches at both Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School, joined us for a discussion of his recent research on the health consequences of patient cost sharing. Professor Chandra addressed some of the implications of his work for insurance design and utilization management, as well as how it may inform matters related to co-pay assistance programs. Analysis Group Managing Principal Noam Kirson moderated the discussion.

The final presentation is available here.

For the fourth installment of our webinar series, David Grabowski, Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, and Analysis Group Vice President Brian Ellman joined us for an informative discussion of the incidence and spread of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, and the future of COVID-related litigation involving elderly care and government and commercial payers that provide health care coverage to that population. In June, Professor Grabowski testified before the US House Ways and Means Committee about the COVID-19 nursing home crisis. Analysis Group Vice President Maria Garibotti moderated the discussion.

A full recording of the discussion is available here.

For the third installment of our webinar series, Anupam B. Jena, Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, joined us for an informative discussion on the role of the M.D/Ph.D. economist as a consulting and testifying expert. Vice President Stephen Fink moderated the discussion with Professor Jena, who shared his thoughts on how this unique skill set can help in consulting and testifying roles to define the market or assess class certification issues in antitrust cases, assess commercial success in intellectual property and contract disputes, and work through the determinants of physician decision making in False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute litigation matters.

A full recording of the discussion is available here.

Day 1
21 Jul 2020

During the first installment of our Law & Economics Symposium webinar series, Professor Craig Garthwaite cited the research of MIT Sloan School Professor Andrew W. Lo on how to finance expensive treatments. On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Vice President Laura Comstock moderated a discussion with Professor Lo, who offered his thoughts on financing vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.

A full recording of the discussion is available here.

On Thursday, May 28, 2020, Managing Principal Noam Kirson moderated the first installment of the Law & Economics Symposium webinar series, “The Value of Pharmaceutical Innovation – What Can We Learn From COVID-19?” It featured a discussion with Professor Craig Garthwaite, who discussed the value of pharmaceutical innovation and outlined lessons that can be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

A full recording of the discussion is available here.