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Author Hawthorne, Fran.

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

Publication Info. Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, [2005]
©2005

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  353.9 HAWTHORNE    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 338 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332) and index.
Contents 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.
United States. Food and Drug Administration.
Drug Approval -- United States.
Drug Industry -- United States.
Food -- United States.
Politics -- United States.
Safety -- United States.
ISBN 0471610917 cloth
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