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Inside the FDA : the business and politics behind the drugs we take and the food we eat  Cover Image Book Book

Inside the FDA : the business and politics behind the drugs we take and the food we eat / Fran Hawthorne.

Hawthorne, Fran. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0471610917 (cloth)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 338 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, [2005]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-332) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chasing cancer -- Beyond science -- The first 100 years -- "You don't know which agency is in charge" -- Truckloads of paper -- Case study: The return of thalidomide -- How picky is the FDA? -- How powerful is industry? -- Case study: The death of Monica George -- When consumers get angry -- A political pawn -- FDA and DNA -- The FDA meets Madison Avenue -- Frivolous drugs? -- The next 100 years.
Subject: United States. Food and Drug Administration.
Pharmaceutical policy > United States.
Food adulteration and inspection > United States.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pottsville District Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pottsville Free Public Library.

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Pottsville Free Public Library 353.998 H318 (Text) 30003008202853 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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