Over the past forty-five years, America has fallen victim to an obesity epidemic, affecting more than thirty percent of American adults. If the incidence of obesity continues at current rates, an estimated forty-percent ...

This paper addresses the regulatory challenges wrought by the increasing amount of human subject drug testing conducted in developing countries in support of new drug applications to the Food and Drug Administration. ...

In the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, Congress made the conscious decision to vest the regulation and control of drugs in two executive branch departments. The Attorney General, through the DEA, is responsible for law ...

Caffeinated alcoholic beverages (“CABs”) such as “Four Loko” exploded onto the drinking scene in recent years, creating a youth culture fad and sparking concern and even outrage among politicians, the media, law enforcement ...

The Food and Drug Administration has recently rejected three drugs for the treatment of obesity based on safety concerns, engendering debate about the standards the Agency should use in evaluating weight loss medications. ...

This article discusses how the Food and Drug Administration has come to adopt informal guidance (agency advice that influences regulated entities but does not carry the force and effect of law) as its primary method of ...

Young people across the nation have been going loco for Four Loko, a caffeinated alcoholic beverage (CAB) that some college students have dubbed “blackout in a can.” Just a few months ago, the Food and Drug Administration ...

Almost a decade after the complete sequencing of the human genome, we have seen a proliferation of genetic testing services marketed directly to the consumer and purporting to use genetic information to generate individualized ...

Debtors seeking to file bankruptcy may do so under either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. In either case, the bankruptcy system must determine what expenses will be allowed for the debtor in bankruptcy, ...