Re: Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-22 Thread William Dickens
Can your friend explain why vaccines are different from other drugs? Everything has side effects. Precisely because the Democrats have such a stake in pushing the interests of trial lawyers the Republicans have the opposite incentive making just about any pronouncements on this topic highly

Re: Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-22 Thread john hull
William Dickens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can your friend explain why vaccines are different from other drugs? While I'm certainly not qualified to negotiate that legal minefield, may I guess? I'd say that a drug is intended to fix an existing problem, whereas a vaccine applies a dangerous

Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-20 Thread Asa Janney
Armchairs: What are the pros and cons of limiting liability for the maker of a new vaccine? It seems to me that a disadvantage of limited liability is the moral hazard that the maker will do a less responsible job of trying to prevent bad side effects. One advantage that has been put

Re: Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-20 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 11/20/02 11:50:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Armchairs: What are the pros and cons of limiting liability for the maker of a new vaccine? It seems to me that a disadvantage of limited liability is the moral hazard that the maker will do a less responsible job of