Inside the FDA: The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We EatISBN: 978-0-471-61091-5
Hardcover
354 pages
March 2005
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Introduction v
Chapter 1: Case Study: Chasing Cancer 1
Chapter 2: Beyond Science 23
Chapter 3: The First 100 Years 35
Chapter 4: "You Don't Know Which Agency Is in Charge" 65
Chapter 5: Truckloads of Paper 79
Chapter 6: Case Study: The Return of Thalidomide 109
Chapter 7: How Picky Is the FDA? 123
Chapter 8: How Powerful Is Industry? 143
Chapter 9: Case Study: The Death of Monica George 179
Chapter 10: When Consumers Get Angry 191
Chapter 11: A Political Pawn 209
Chapter 12: FDA and DNA 233
Chapter 13: The FDA Meets Madison Avenue 253
Chapter 14: Frivolous Drugs? 273
Chapter 15: The Next 100 Years 285
Acknowledgments 309
Notes 311
Bibliography 329
Index 333