Inside the FDA: The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We Eat
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471610917 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 338 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Everything you want to know about the FDA. This is one of the most thorough investigative books I have ever read on such a narrow topic. The author covers the history, and political and regulatory issues of the FDA in far more detail than I expected. Her in depth investigative style reminds me of Sylvia Nasar in A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash.From the author's investigation I derived the FDA . The FDA's job may not be able to be justified Guy F. Airey Rarely do any of us get a glimpse so throughout into a governmental body as large as the FDA. Author Fran Hawthorne claims the FDA to have nearly 11,000 doctors, scientists, and others --all there to maintain the safety of the drugs all Americans use and do a good job of it. I think they have been lucky. They (the FDA) has lost its objectivity over the years because of a counter productive lifesty. Lehigh History Student said Interesting look at an important regulatory body. For those who have ever wondered how the FDA makes decisions and how those decisions effect companies this is a great starting point. Hawthorne takes an objective stance towards the FDA and shows their faults along with the positives. She tracks several instances of FDA oversight and gives their results. I think the part that tracks the companies progress through the FDA's is the most instructive.
Inside the FDA provides a sophisticated account of how this vitally important agency struggles to balance bureaucracy and politics with its overriding mission to promote the country's health.. Through scores of interviews and real-world stories, Hawthorne also shows how and why the agency makes some of its most controversial decisions as well as how its recent reaction to certain issues-including the revolutionary cancer drug Erbitux, stem cell research, and bioengineering of food-may jeopardize its ability to keep up with future scientific developments.Inside the FDA takes a closer look at the practices, people, and politics of this crucial watchdog in light of the competing pressures and trends of modern society, revealing what the FDA is supposed to do, what it actually does-and fails to do-who it influences, and how it could better fulfill its mandate. Its mandate-one quarter of the national economy-brings the FDA into the middle of some of the most important and contentious issues of modern society. The forces that shape America's most powerful consumer agencyBecause of the importance of what it regulates, the FDA comes under tremendous political, industry, and consumer pressure. From "designer" babies and abortion to the price of prescription drugs and the role of government itself, Inside the FDA takes readers on an intriguing journey into the world of today's most powerful consu
Its mandate—over one quarter of the national economy—brings the FDA into the middle of some of the most important and contentious issues of modern society.From the price of prescription drugs and the dangers of genetically engineered food, to debates over teenage pregnancy and the role of government itself, Inside the FDA takes you on an intriguing journey into the world of today's most powerful consumer agency. From the Inside Flap "Americans count on this agency to make sure that we have a steady stream of wonderful new pills that are potent and perfectly safe at the same time, as well as a supermarket full of goodies we can gobble up without worrying about food poisoning." —From the Introduction Because of the importance of what it regulates, the FDA comes under tremendous pressure from powerful food and drug companies, determined consumer groups, and demanding politicians.
FRAN HAWTHORNE is Senior Contributing Editor of Institutional Investor and has connections deep within the business and finance communities. . Hawthorne has been covering health care and business for more than twenty years for Fortune, Crain's New York Business, and other publications, and she now writes regularly for such newspapers and magazines as the New York T