Ethical Issues in Drug Testing, Approval, and Pricing: The Clot-Dissolving Drugs

by Baruch A. Body and Baruch A. Brody

Although most developed countries have extensive regulations governing the testing, approval and marketing of new drugs, there are major gaps in these regulations. In this compelling new volume, Dr. Brody uses the example of the development of thrombolytic drugs to identify several such gaps. Issues addressed include the use of placebo control groups in clinical trials, the importance of determining the type of consent that should be obtained for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019508831X
• ISBN13: 9780195088311
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"