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Author Jackson, Emily, 1966-

Title Law and the regulation of medicines / Emily Jackson
Published Oxford ; Portland, Ore. : Hart Pub., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages)
Contents What are medicines and why are they special? -- Clinical trials -- Licensing -- Pharmacovigilance and liability for dangerous drugs -- Marketing -- Funding and access to medicines in the UK -- Funding and access to medicines : a global problem -- The future of medicines I : pharmacogenetics -- The future of medicines II : enhancement
Summary The principal purpose of this book is to tell the story of a medicine''s journey through the regulatory system in the UK, from defining what counts as a medicine, through clinical trials, licensing, pharmacovigilance, marketing and funding. The question of global access to medicines is addressed because of its political importance, and because it offers a particularly stark illustration of the consequences of classifying medicines as a private rather than a public good. Two further specific challenges to the future of medicine''s regulation are examined separately: first, pharmacogenetics, or
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292)
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Subject Drugs -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
Pharmacy -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
Legislation, Drug -- economics
Clinical Trials as Topic
Drug Industry -- legislation & jurisprudence
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Drugs -- Law and legislation
Pharmacy -- Law and legislation
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781847319081
1847319084
9781474200776
147420077X
9781847319098
1847319092