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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819642003321

Autore

Miller Henry I

Titolo

To America's health : a proposal to reform the Food and Drug Administration / / Henry I. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2000

ISBN

0-8179-9908-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 482

Disciplina

353.9/98/0973

Soggetti

Pharmaceutical policy - United States

Drugs - Law and legislation - United States

Pharmaceutical industry - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The need for fundamental food and drug administration reform -- part II. A model for reform of the food and drug administration.

Sommario/riassunto

A government monopoly over drug regulation is not sacrosanct. This hard-hitting book describes the current regulation of drugs by the FDA and proposes a model for fundamental, yet workable, reform including an innovative proposal for drug testing and certification review.