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Nicholson Price
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Law professor, food lover, sci fi & fantasy reader
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So much going on right now but for those of you who care about FDA, @pzettler.bsky.social, @stevejoffe.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, @reshmagar.bsky.social + I have a 2 part commentary in @healthaffairs.bsky.social Forefront on the new plausible mechanism pathway. Link to Part 1 below.
The Promise And Perils Of FDA’s New ‘Plausible Mechanism’ Pathway (Part 1) | Health Affairs Forefront
In part 1 of this article, we describe FDA’s broadly flexible approach to meeting challenges in rare disease drug development and summarize FDA’s initial, limited policy efforts to address them. We th...
www.healthaffairs.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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An AI-powered learning health system is improving sepsis recognition.
The HERACLES algorithm helps lower mortality and enhance clinical documentation through continuous, data-driven feedback.
It reduced sepsis mortality from 20.54% to 15.27% in program wards.
#MedSky
An artificial intelligence-powered learning health system to improve sepsis detection and quality of care: a before-and-after study - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - An artificial intelligence-powered learning health system to improve sepsis detection and quality of care: a before-and-after study
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Shoutout to @nicholson.bsky.social for freeing me from the tyranny of self-imposed standards for what constitutes being "professional" in my writing.
January 15, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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How should we think about regulating AI? How does the use of AI in medicine or autonomous vehicles affect liability doctrines?

In @nicholson.bsky.social's seminar, AI and the Law, his students dive into discussions at the frontier of legal thought:

quadrangle.michigan.law.umich.edu/issues/winte...
AI and the Evolution of Law and Legal Education | Law Quadrangle
quadrangle.michigan.law.umich.edu
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Fantastic discussion at #AALS2026 on how contested healthcare expertise shapes FDA, drug policy, grants, vaccination, and care structures affecting disabled people—the Debating Healthcare Expertise panel w @pzettler.bsky.social @jennoliva.bsky.social @nicholson.bsky.social @doritreiss.bsky.social 🔥
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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Great time at #AALS2026 Section on Law, Medicine & Healthcare WIP w presenters: @drximebena.bsky.social @leahfowler.bsky.social Doni Blumfield and Tomer Pierson-Brown & comments by @katmacfarlane.bsky.social @nicholson.bsky.social Melissa Wasserman and Nancy Kim! We love supporting junior scholars 💪
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself
December 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB

Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Blaszczyk on Humanism and AI Policy

Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Humanist rhetoric plays an important role in political and legal discourse and, despite appearances, it does not necessarily lead…
Blaszczyk on Humanism and AI Policy
Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Humanist rhetoric plays an important role in political and legal discourse and, despite appearances, it does not necessarily lead to a defense of liberal democracy. Sometimes, such rhetoric is weaponized by illiberal actors; sometimes, it comes down to defending the status quo – while neither result is welcome.
legaltheoryblog.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
OK that is a VERY effective fake text. Almost got me! But if you bake cookies at @umichlaw.bsky.social, I already have your number in my phone.

(But if this is @mchannon.bsky.social from a burner phone, yes, I would like cookies please.)
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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For #FluorescenceFriday - projection neurons from the mouse prefrontal cortex to the locus coeruleus 🔴 with Fos labeling activated cells 🟢. Image credit to the Circuits team in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social 🧠🔬🧪
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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
papers.ssrn.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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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!
August 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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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.)
August 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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?
www.theverge.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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
July 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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!)
June 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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
June 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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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...
jamanetwork.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I could watch 8 seasons of this
April 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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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!)
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...
March 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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"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
March 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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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.
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.
March 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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It is difficult to overstate just how detrimental this will be to the health and well-being of the American people.
February 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM