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Regulatory Intermediaries in the Governance of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

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ID5742017
AuthorsMartino Maggetti (0000-0002-7263-3726, corresponding author), Christian Ewert (0000-0003-2404-5206), Philipp Trein (0000-0001-6217-6675)
Year2017
Volume670
Issue1
Pages152-169
Publication date2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716217691240
OpenAlexW2560805021
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited27

This article compares the role of regulatory intermediaries in the governance of pharmaceuticals and medical devices in Australia and Switzerland. We argue that the creation, selection, and activation of specific intermediaries depend on the organizational capacity of the regulator and on the potential of the intermediary to be captured by the target. To limit the risk of capture of intermediaries where the regulated industries are powerful, regulators tend to keep intermediaries under their control. To do so, the regulator must be well-funded and well-staffed, or supported by its political principal. However, when the target has limited capture potential, regulators will rely more heavily on externalized intermediaries. These intermediaries typically consist of transnational organizations in charge of multiple regulatory issues in several jurisdictions, and can provide unique expertise in an efficient way. Four case studies of the Australian and Swiss regulatory regimes for therapeutic products support this argument

Argument (complex analysis) · Biology · Business · Computer security · Control (management) · Corporate governance · Economics · Industrial organization · Intermediary · Legislature · Management · Political science · Principal (computer security) · Regulator · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Computer Science · Finance · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Law · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

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Citations per year2
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
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