FDA in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies

by I. Glenn Cohen and Holly Fernandez Lynch

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231171188
• ISBN13: 9780231171182
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher