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Inside the FDA: The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We Eat

ISBN: 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

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