Title: Science, politics, and the pharmaceutical industry : controversy and bias in drug regulation /
Authors: Abraham, John, 1961-
Publisher: St. Martin's Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Clinical trials; Drug and Narcotic Control; Drug Industry; Drug Approval; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drugs Testing Government policy Great Britain.; Drugs Testing Government policy United States.; Drugs Toxicology Case studies.; Drug Approval Great Britain; Drug Industry Great Britain; Drug and Narcotic Control Great Britain; Drug Approval United States.; Clinical Trials United States Case Reports.; Drug and Narcotic Control United States.; Drug Industry United States.; Clinical Trials as Topic.; United States; United Kingdom
Contents: Bias in science and regulation -- Partial progress? The development of American and British drug regulation -- Naprosyn - reconstructing data -- Opren/Oraflex - the making of a drug disaster -- Feldene - the closure of technical dispute -- Zomax - the persistence of data -- Suprol - anything goes? -- Conclusions and policy implications.