Ameet Sarpatwari

Ameet Sarpatwari, PhD, JD

Faculty Member of the Center
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

Ameet Sarpatwari is an Assistant Professor of Population Medicine at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School. His research draws upon his interdisciplinary training as an epidemiologist and lawyer and focuses on the effects of laws and regulations on therapeutic development, approval, use, and related public health outcomes.

Dr. Sarpatwari's work has been highly influential. His writing and resulted in multiple invitations to testify before Congress and state legislatures, to discuss proposed legislation with Hill staffers, and to be approached routinely for insight on pharmaceutical policy by reporters from such prominent news sources as the New York Times, Washington Post, and NPR.

In addition to his primary position within the Institute's division of Health Policy and Insurance Research, Dr. Sarpatwari is also a faculty member in the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ("Harvard Chan School"), and the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science. At the Harvard Chan School, he serves as the Faculty Director of the JD/MPH program and teaches a highly acclaimed class on public health law.

Dr. Sarpatwari completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar. He studied epidemiology at the University of Cambridge, where he received a Ph.D. He subsequently studied law at the University of Maryland as a John L. Thomas Leadership Scholar. Following his legal studies, he joined the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a post-doctoral fellow. He remained with PORTAL, serving as its Assistant Director for several years.

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Variation in Prescription Drug Prices by Retail Pharmacy Type: A National Cross-sectional Study.
Authors: Authors: Luo J, Kulldorff M, Sarpatwari A, Pawar A, Kesselheim AS.
Ann Intern Med
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Lung Cancer Survival Gains: Contributions of Academia and Industry.
Authors: Authors: Gyawali B, Bouche G, Pantziarka P, Kesselheim AS, Sarpatwari A.
J Law Med Ethics
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Why Are Biosimilars Not Living up to Their Promise in the US?
Authors: Authors: Zhai MZ, Sarpatwari A, Kesselheim AS.
AMA J Ethics
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Impact of State Laws Restricting Opioid Duration on Characteristics of New Opioid Prescriptions.
Authors: Authors: Dave CV, Patorno E, Franklin JM, Huybrechts K, Sarpatwari A, Kesselheim AS, Bateman BT.
J Gen Intern Med
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Reforming the Orphan Drug Act for the 21st Century.
Authors: Authors: Sarpatwari A, Kesselheim AS.
N Engl J Med
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Competition and price among brand-name drugs in the same class: A systematic review of the evidence.
Authors: Authors: Sarpatwari A, DiBello J, Zakarian M, Najafzadeh M, Kesselheim AS.
PLoS Med
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The Impact Of Price Regulation On The Availability Of New Drugs In Germany.
Authors: Authors: Stern AD, Pietrulla F, Herr A, Kesselheim AS, Sarpatwari A.
Health Aff (Millwood)
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Evaluation of Socioeconomic Status Indicators for Confounding Adjustment in Observational Studies of Medication Use.
Authors: Authors: Gopalakrishnan C, Gagne JJ, Sarpatwari A, Dejene SZ, Dutcher SK, Levin R, Franklin JM, Schneeweiss S, Desai RJ.
Clin Pharmacol Ther
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Orphan Drug Designation and Exclusivity for "Same Drugs".
Authors: Authors: Hong P, Sarpatwari A, Kesselheim AS.
J Law Med Ethics
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A Survey of Patients' Perceptions of Pill Appearance and Responses to Changes in Appearance for Four Chronic Disease Medications.
Authors: Authors: Sarpatwari A, Gagne JJ, Lu Z, Campbell EG, Carman WJ, Enger CL, Dutcher SK, Jiang W, Kesselheim AS.
J Gen Intern Med
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