Laura Dolbow

Laura Dolbow is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Boulder, focusing on the intersection of patent law, health law, and administrative law. She holds a J.D. and B.A. from Vanderbilt University, where she won the Founder's Medal, and has held prestigious fellowships including the Sharswood Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

• Key research areas: Pharmaceutical patent systems, Medicare price negotiation, FDA regulatory frameworks, and constitutional implications of administrative review bars
• Award-winning scholar: Recipient of the Burton Award for Legal Writing (2018) and Gellhorn-Sargentich Essay Competition (2017)

Her recent scholarship analyzes how patent portfolios delay generic drug competition and inflate prices, particularly in the context of the Inflation Reduction Act's Medicare negotiation program. She examines procedural challenges to agency guidance under the Administrative Procedure Act and the constitutional limits of patent takings claims.

• Prominent publications: Michigan Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Administrative Law Review
• Major policy contributions: FDA approval of birth control pills, mifepristone access litigation, and sovereign immunity in pharmaceutical patents