By John Abraham. 308 pp. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995. $49.95. ISBN 0-312-12873-8.
Since 1962, when Congress required proof of the efficacy andsafety of drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA), the FDA's summary opinions have been fairly consistentwith those of the medical profession, as outlined in pharmacologytextbooks. When the FDA arouses public wrath, it is often formoving more slowly than its European counterparts. Yet, accordingto John Abraham, a sociologist at the University of Readingin England, the story is not so simple. His book about testingdrugs for efficacy and safety in the United States and the UnitedKingdom is illustrated by case histories and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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