Browsing HLS Student Papers by Keyword "human drugs"
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The Criminalization of Innovation: FDA Misdirection in the Najarian and Burzynski Cases
(1997)Najarian and Burzynski seem the perfect examples of the amazing potential of the American medical establishment. Their visionary work in their respective fields should be celebrated as monumental contributions to society. ... -
The Effect of Managed Care on the Pharmaceutical Industry
(1997)The pharmaceutical industry has transformed itself in response to the growth of managed care, which developed as a method to contain the costs of health care. Under the traditional fee-for-service system of practicing ... -
Learning from Prozac: A Case Study on Reforming the FDA Drug Approval Process
(1997)The law, focused as it is on making final determinations and settling issues one way or another, continually lags behind science, which concentrates on an evolving understanding of various phenomena through constant ... -
Searching for a Cure: The FDA's Regulatory Approach to Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
(1997)I will begin this discussion by describing traditional Chinese medicine and how it compares to the Western medical tradition. Second, I will then examine why regulation is necessary given the impact of Chinese herbal ... -
State Medical Marijuana Initiatives: A Justification and Analysis
(1998)This paper briefly chronicles the efforts of marijuana activists at the federal level. Then it analyzes the text, implementation and subsequent developments of the California and Arizona initiatives passed by the voters ...