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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Sep 9

What does it mean to have a human in the loop of medical AI? Here's a fun place to look: a 2022 FDA guidance that's about what *doesn't* count as a medical device!
Had a blast exploring this quasi-standard, out in the Penn J of Law & Innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#MedicalAI #law

An Incidental Standard for Medical AI

<p><span>Medical AI is poised to make a major difference in the provision of health. It brings major challenges, though: how can developers and implementers ens

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Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.bsky.social · Aug 23

Murderbot is an excellent series and this is a great opportunity to get started while supporting a good cause. If you read digitally, go get this bundle!

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nice little journals;
umbrellas;
small thermoses;
something delicious and local

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Jonathan H. Adler @jadler1969.bsky.social · Aug 18

Have you read a good article recently? Been provoked or stimulated by another scholar's work? Did you gain new insights? Let them know! (Especially if they are someone you have not met or are outside your normal circles.)

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jul 23

For more, see these great pieces:
Alex Roberts, Dupes (jipel.law.nyu.edu/dupes/), on the law of dupes generally
Sarah Fackrell, The Counterfeit Sham (harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...), on *super* shady secret suits against hundreds of hidden defendants in IP cases ("Schedule A" litigation)

Dupes - NYU Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law

Alexandra J. Roberts * Download a PDF version of this article here. I. Dupe Culture II. Dupe Users III. Dupe Advertising Law IV. Duped by Dupes Conclusion I. Dupe Culture Dupe culture is having a mo...

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jul 23

What's going on in the world of dupes, & how do these rapid-fire copies interact with the law?

Fascinating @theverge.com piece with great quotes & analysis from two top experts: @lexlanham.bsky.social & @design-law.bsky.social

www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

#dupes #academia #fashion

How dupes turned online shopping upside down

When everything is the same, who gets to claim ownership over ideas?

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jul 22

When websites say, "You've reached your monthly article limit" and that limit is zero articles.

a close up of a woman 's face with a purple shirt on .

Alt: GIF of Lindsay Lohan saying "the limit does not exist!"

media.tenor.com

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jun 30

Wait is this the one that's STS for law & tech folks with just insights, no jargon??

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jun 23

Genomic data: neat! But also super sensitive! How can people get their own genomes analyzed without sharing stuff they don't want to?
Jake Sherkow of Illinois Law presents a neat technical approach and argues that yep, patent law can enable it.
At Copenhagen Law at #ATRIP25 (in dramatic light!)

A nattily dressed scholar gestures to a slide of software schematics in a dramatically lit room.

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jun 16

OK for a moment I didn't clock that was a street outside and thought it was a coffeeshop-cum-waiting-area for dental surgery and was a little terrified.
But it looks great!

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jun 5

What court cases are reshaping FDA?

ACLA v FDA: FDA can't regulate lab-developed tests.
SEC v Jarkesy: Can FDA impose civil monetary penalties re: tobacco?
Corner Post: How many old FDA decisions can be challenged?

Amazing #ASLME2025: @pzettler.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · May 29

Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve."

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · May 9

Have you read the Gail Carriger books? Fluffy, escapist, not vapid, delightful. Werewolves, vampire, petticoats, tea!
Also, Scalzi's Kaiju Preservation Society is very fun!

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Travis Street @travisstreet.com · Apr 20

I could watch 8 seasons of this

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Patti Zettler @pzettler.bsky.social · Mar 28

This is such a great opportunity for junior health law scholars to get insightful feedback from thoughtful colleagues *and* it's tremendous fun. Apply!

(Shout-out to my 2015 buddies, academic superstars @nicholson.bsky.social, @craigkon.bsky.social & @valerieblakerlah.bsky.social!)

Lauren R Roth @laurenroth.bsky.social · Mar 27

If you’re a junior health law scholar, submit an abstract for the 2025 Health Law Scholars Workshop to get great feedback and hang out with wonderful @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social profs like Sidney Watson, @kellygillespie.bsky.social, @drsinhaesq.bsky.social, and others!

www.slu.edu/law/health/s...

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Lisa L. Ouellette @patentscholar.bsky.social · Mar 19

"These patents present a puzzle. They are either invalid or were not used by the originator at the time of FDA approval (and hence need not be used by a would-be biosimilar)." – Osmat Jefferson, @nicholson.bsky.social, Sean Tu, @emptydoors.bsky.social & Arti Rai

Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · Mar 19

The puzzle of biologics manufacturing platform patents - @dukelaw.bsky.social go.nature.com/3Y0W45Q

The puzzle of biologics manufacturing platform patents - Nature Biotechnology

The predominance of manufacturing process patents asserted in litigation by originator biologics companies against would-be biosimilar entrants has resulted in a number of Congressional and administra...

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · Mar 11

Really wish I could put this on a sign that I could tap.

There is no reason to make this situation worse than it already is by insisting that there’s nothing to be done because we are all under a dictatorship already. It is not true, and it is not helpful.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Mar 11

OK, a roundup response to the "they won't follow the court orders" people.

First of all, you're wrong! The administration *is* following many of the court orders.

What's more, they're showing their understanding of the validity of court orders by seeking stays pending appeal when they lose.

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Patti Zettler @pzettler.bsky.social · Feb 14

It is difficult to overstate just how detrimental this will be to the health and well-being of the American people.

Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Feb 14

This is going to be devastating to the public health, and to innovation in responding to pressing health needs.

Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f... via @statnews.com

Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies

The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.

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alex roberts @lexlanham.bsky.social · Feb 5

women don't want flowers for valentines day we want:
*reproductive freedom
*birthright citizenship
*rule of law
*respect for science
*research grants
*a history of domestic violence to be disqualifying
*this admin to stop gutting fed agencies & censoring crucial info
*chocolate

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jan 23

Medical AI seems to be showing up more every day. What's important to focus on in moving forward? Check out the @nationalacademies.org Vital Directions series, out in Health Affairs this week (and free for a month!): www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/... #AI #MedicalAI #Health

Artificial Intelligence In Health And Health Care: Priorities For Action | Health Affairs Journal

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has entered a new cycle of intense opportunity, fueled by advances in deep learning, including generative AI. Applications of recent advances affect many aspe...

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · Jan 17

Incredible discovery while riding an NYC ferry just now: there is a trash barge called BARGEY MCBARGEFACE (see name in paint on the side)

a tug boat pushing a long trash barge that has BARGEY MCBARGEFACE written on its side

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · Jan 17

This this this:
The purpose of writing is not to put words on a page. It’s to discover *which* words need to be put on the page to accurately express the thing you’re trying to express.

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Jan 17

This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.

Jon Lewis @jonlewis.bsky.social · Jan 16

AI is for people who don't want to or can't think. Period.

I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jan 9

I would love to read that, if you wouldn't mind sharing (a quick Google didn't find it for me)

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jan 8

This is woefully insufficient for what you need, but just in case it's useful, this is a bit I ginned up for my heavy-reading seminars.
I also point them to Paul Edward's 2000 How to Read a Book, available (among other places) here: www.cs.yorku.ca/~aboelaze/ho...
#lawsky #academia #legalacademia

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Just Animal Things @justanimalthings.bsky.social · Dec 24

oh just a pigeon doing backflips, nothing else!

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