The cure in the code
Subtitle: how 20th century law is undermining 21st century medicine
By: Peter W. Huber
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780465050680
Subjects: Medicine; Drugs; Law and legislation; Medical laws and legislation; Research
Description: Reveals the potential of molecular medicine while calling for an update of the regulatory system threatening it, citing diseases that may be cured while explaining how drug-approval protocols are ill-equipped to meet current needs.
Notes: "City".  A City Journal Book.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: The triumph; title: and limits; title: of socialized medicine; title: Sniffers; title: Intelligent design; title: Coming apart; title: Reassembling the pieces (part 1); title: The social contract; title: A virus like us; title: Drug science from the bottom up; title: The fading myth of the FDA's "gold standard"; title: Adaptive trials; title: Reassembling the pieces (part 2); title: Anthraxing Wall Street; title: Dollar doctor science; title: The rising cost of helpless care; title: The falling cost of health care; title: Reassembling the pieces (part 3); title: Dying alone; title: The right to sniff; title: The end of socialized medicine; title: The culture of life.