%0 Journal Article %J The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics %D 2009 %T Commentary: innovation policy for a new era. %A Kapczynski, Amy %K Anti-Bacterial Agents %K Developing Countries %K Drug and Narcotic Control %K Drug Discovery %K Drug Industry %K Drug Resistance, Microbial %K Health Services Accessibility %K Humans %K Patents as Topic %N 2 %P 264-8 %V 37 %X This commentary offers a response to the Sonderholm, Bird, and Flynn et al. articles, and argues that the current innovation crisis requires more ambitious approaches, as well as a serious consideration of alternative mechanisms for R&D such as prizes. %8 2009 Summer