Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health
Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health

Author: Graham Dukes

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2014-06-27

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1783471107

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The pharmaceutical industry exists to serve the community, but over the years it has engaged massively in corporate crime, with the public footing the bill. This readable study by experts in medicine, law, criminology and public health documents the pr

Modern Methods of Clinical Investigation
Modern Methods of Clinical Investigation

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1990-02-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0309042860

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The very rapid pace of advances in biomedical research promises us a wide range of new drugs, medical devices, and clinical procedures. The extent to which these discoveries will benefit the public, however, depends in large part on the methods we choose for developing and testing them. Modern Methods of Clinical Investigation focuses on strategies for clinical evaluation and their role in uncovering the actual benefits and risks of medical innovation. Essays explore differences in our current systems for evaluating drugs, medical devices, and clinical procedures; health insurance databases as a tool for assessing treatment outcomes; the role of the medical profession, the Food and Drug Administration, and industry in stimulating the use of evaluative methods; and more. This book will be of special interest to policymakers, regulators, executives in the medical industry, clinical researchers, and physicians.