Protecting America's health : the FDA, business, and one hundred years of regulation / Philip J. Hilts.
| Author/creator | Hilts, Philip J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. |
| Description | xvi, 394 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: the beginning of regulation -- Prologue: the challenge -- Dr. Wiley's time -- Commerce, commerce, commerce -- The progressive era -- The law succeeds, and fails -- Capitalism in crisis -- The birth of the modern pharmaceutical trade -- New drugs, new problems -- The industry ascendant -- The grand bargain -- Thalidomide -- Science meets policy -- Partisan politics -- The limits of policy -- Deregulation -- The medical officer -- The modern plague -- A progressive -- Drug lag revisited -- An anti-regulatory campaign -- The argument in joined -- Old-fashioned politics -- Epilogue: Greed and goodness. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-378) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002029859 |
| ISBN | 037540466X (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | RA11 .H54 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |