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Title: Inside the FDA : the business and politics behind the drugs we take and the food we eat / Fran Hawthorne.
Author: Hawthorne, Fran.
General Notes: Bibliography : p. 329-332 and index.
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.

Publisher: J. Wiley & Sons,
Publication Place: Hoboken, N.J. :
ISBN: 0471610917 (cloth)
Subject: Pharmaceutical policy -- United States.
Food adulteration and inspection -- United States.
United States. Food and Drug Administration.

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.
Physical Description: xiv, 338 p. ;
Electronic Location: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip051/2004022067.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004022067-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004022067-d.html

Publication Date: c2005.

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