O PODER NORMATIVO DAS AGÊNCIAS REGULADORAS NO BRASIL: ORIGEM, CONTEÚDO E LIMITES / THE REGULATORY POWER OF REGULATORY AGENCIES IN BRAZIL: ORIGIN, CONTENT AND LIMITS

Role of regulatory T cells in the development of skin diseases Papel das células T reguladoras no desenvolvimento de dermatoses

An Bras Dermatol. 2006;81(3):269-81. Abstract: T cells, particularly CD4+ T cells, have been associated with many aspects of skin disease. Current evidence suggests, however, that the role of CD4+ T lymphocytes in the development of cutaneous inflammation surpasses that of pro-inflammatory activation of effector T cells that direct the immune response. T cell subtypes with regulatory capacity, ...

Tegumentary leishmaniasis in Brazil: a historical review related to the origin, expansion and etiology Leishmaniose tegumentar no Brasil: revisão histórica da origem, expansão e etiologia

1 Assistant Professor and Master's degree in Dermatology from the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil; Post-graduate studies in Immunodermatology at the University of Munich Germany. 2 Emeritus Professor of the Faculdade de Medicina Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil.

Providing Value to New Health Technology: The Early Contribution of Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Regulatory Agencies

Background New technologies constitute an important cost-driver in healthcare, but the dynamics that lead to their emergence remains poorly understood from a health policy standpoint. The goal of this paper is to clarify how entrepreneurs, investors, and regulatory agencies influence the value of emerging health technologies.   Methods Our 5-year qualitative research program examined the proces...

Politics and the Regulatory Agencies

The Evaluation of Regulatory Agencies

This paper presents a survey and overview of the evaluation of infrastructure regulation and regulatory agencies. It covers the development of ex ante and ex post evaluation based on costbenefit analysis and the application of these methods to regulation in the UK, the European Union and the USA. Much of the work in this area has been on infrastructure regulation in developing countries. The pa...