Pill Politics : : Drugs and the FDA / / Stephen J. Ceccoli.
From aspirin to Viagra to the latest cancer treatment, the Food and Drug Administration acts as a gatekeeper determining what medicines are legally available in the United States. But in fulfilling that regulatory role, Stephen Ceccoli argues, the FDA may inadvertently be promoting new drugs at the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Putting the FDA into Perspective
- 2. The Politics of Assessing Drugs
- 3. An Evolving Regulatory Balance
- 4. The Drug Lag Debate and Demands for Reform
- 5. A Grand Compromise and the Shift to a New Era
- 6. Whither the FDA?
- 7. Protecting and Promoting Public Health in the United States
- Appendix: Drug Development and the FDA’s Approval Process
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book