Rachel Sachs, MPH, JD

Rachel Sachs, MPH, JD

Washington University in St. Louis

Professor of Law

Expertise: Big PharmaBig PharmaDrug RegulationDrug RegulationHealth LawHealth LawHealth PolicyHealth Policy

Sachs is a renowned expert on health policy and drug law. She is a scholar of innovation policy whose work explores the interaction of intellectual property law, food and drug regulation and health law. Her work explores problems of innovation and access to new health care technologies. Sachs’ scholarship has or will have appeared in journals that include the Michigan Law Review, the Minnesota Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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WashU Expert: WHO withdrawal may not be legal

President Donald Trump announced July 7 that the United States has officially begun to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). Trump may or may not have the authority to do so, says an expert on health law at Washington University in St. Louis.“It’s not clear that the president can unilaterally withdraw the United States from membership in the WHO,” said Rachel Sachs, associate professor of law and a renowned expert on health policy and drug law.
09-Jul-2020 10:45:30 AM EDT

Soot may only be half the problem when it comes to cookstoves

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering spent two weeks in India cooking with local residents. They found that soot wasn't the only worrisome byproduct of traditional cookstoves; organic carbons are causing problems, too.
14-Apr-2020 06:50:01 PM EDT

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