Procurement within the NHS is attracting increasing research and policy interest. However, most of the emphasis has been on the buyer (the NHS), with less attention paid to the behaviour of suppliers (often pharmaceutical companies). For medical devices very little is publicly documented about...

The WTO dispute over European resistance to importation of GMOs centred on the risks that these might, or might not, present, and their accurate assessment. Academic discussion also emphasises the importance of respecting democratic decision-making within states. This paper argues that neither...