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FDA in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies
Holly Fernand Lynch
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Description for FDA in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies
Hardback. Editor(s): Lynch, Holly Fernandez; Cohen, I. Glenn. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: KJVW; LNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 237 x 41. Weight in Grams: 890.
In its decades-long effort to assure the safety, efficacy, and security of medicines and other products, the Food and Drug Administration has struggled with issues of funding, proper associations with industry, and the balance between consumer choice and consumer protection. Today, these challenges are compounded by the pressures of globalization, the introduction of novel technologies, and fast-evolving threats to public health. With essays by leading scholars and government and private-industry experts, FDA in the Twenty-First Century addresses perennial and new problems and the improvements the agency can make to better serve the public good. The collection features essays on ... Read more
In its decades-long effort to assure the safety, efficacy, and security of medicines and other products, the Food and Drug Administration has struggled with issues of funding, proper associations with industry, and the balance between consumer choice and consumer protection. Today, these challenges are compounded by the pressures of globalization, the introduction of novel technologies, and fast-evolving threats to public health. With essays by leading scholars and government and private-industry experts, FDA in the Twenty-First Century addresses perennial and new problems and the improvements the agency can make to better serve the public good. The collection features essays on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231171182
SKU
V9780231171182
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About Holly Fernand Lynch
Holly Fernandez Lynch is the executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. She is a lawyer and bioethicist, with expertise in the ethics and regulation of human-subjects research and drug development. She is also the author of Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care: An Institutional Compromise. I. Glenn Cohen ... Read more
Reviews for FDA in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies
This book contains a concise historical account of FDA regulation and an insightful analysis of the major challenges the FDA faces over the next quarter century. The contributors, drawn from a variety of fields, are all authorities on the issues at hand. Although they do not share the same opinions, their disagreements make this essay collection remarkably balanced. Essential reading. ... Read more