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    • FDA Regulation and Patient Assisted Suicides 

      Weiss, David S. (1995)
      There are an increasing number of Americans who believe that the marginal benefit of surviving a few extra months is not worth the cost of suffering the pain, physical and/or mental deterioration, or increased dependency ...

    • FDA Regulation and the New Anti-aging Products 

      Hensel, Donald P. (1995)
      In the decades since the enactment of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the "Act")' in 1938, one of the more persistent challenges facing the Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") has been to apply an old statute ...

    • FDA Regulation of Condoms: Minimal Scientific Uncertainty Fuels the Moral Conservative Plea to Rip a Large Hole in the Public's Perception of Contraception 

      Samuel, Anand A. (2005)
      This paper surveys the history of condom use, the underlying science, the FDA regulation of condoms and the recent debate on condoms and their effectiveness in preventing disease. In articulating the debate, perspectives ...

    • FDA Regulation of Food and Drug Biotechnology 

      Thelen, A. J. (1995)
      In its broadest sense, referring to the application of a biological process to provide a good or service, biotechnology has been affecting the human food supply for centuries In products such as beer and cheese. Similarly, ...

    • FDA Regulation of Food Labeling 

      Yang, Hannah Y. (1999)
      As one strolls down a grocery aisle, shift through the maze of cosmetic counters, or sits in front of the television, one is transported into various fantasies, identities, and scenarios. The power of advertisements and ...

    • FDA Regulation of Health and Fitness Equipment 

      Moss, Nicole J. (2000)
      As new "quasi-medical" devices continue to push the bounds of the FDCA definition of a medical device and with growing popular support for using the FDA to regulate previously off-limit products such as tobacco, the FDA ...

    • FDA Regulation of Imported Foods in an Age of Globalization 

      Schisa, Michael W. (2002)
      This essay will explore the intersection between the FDA’s regulation of imported foods and the United States’ obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) the ...

    • FDA Regulation of Imported Non-Compliant Chinese Herbal Remedies 

      DeGraff, Enoh T. (1997)
      I've seen the past and it works! So wrote James Reston, a New York Times reporter, after being treated with acupuncture on the occasion of the removal of his appendix in Beijing in the early trade. At that point, arguably, ...

    • FDA Regulation of Quack Devices: It's a Miracle!...or Is It? 

      Williams, S. R. (1994)
      Medical devices that presented substantial deception or an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury have existed since the inception of this country. Even our forefathers such as Ben Franklin were subjected ...

    • FDA vs. Ephedra: Dietary Supplement Regulation Under DSHEA 

      Jones, Adam R. (2002)
      The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) dramatically changed the way dietary supplements are regulated in the United States. DSHEA created a new category of products defined as “dietary ...

    • FDA's Role in the Silicone Breast Implant Story 

      Friedland, Shelly (1997)
      This paper will present the history of FDA's policy regarding silicone breast implants, as well as an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of these actions. Although FDA Commissioner David Kessler's essential judgment ...

    • The FDA's Treatment of Structure/Function Claims under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act 

      Powell, Karen J. (2001)
      Demand in the United States for dietary supplements and herbal products has exploded in past years. One report states that demand for dietary supplements has increased almost 50 percent since 1995.1 Congress, therefore, ...

    • The FDA's Use of Adverse Publicity 

      Liu, Leon (1998)
      Of all the regulatory tools available to the FDA in fulfilling its duties, one of the most contentious and problematic is its use of adverse publicity. Whether it is because of its quasi-statutory status, the questionable ...

    • FDA's Use of Negative Publicity as an Enforcement Mechanism 

      Blevins, Kelly C. (2003)
      This paper analyzes FDA’s use of negative publicity as an enforcement mechanism, both generally and in the specific instance of the agency’s regulation of phenylpropanolamine ...

    • The FDA’s Role in the Development of Bioterrorist Countermeasures 

      Guerra, Marcelo (2004)
      As the agency that approves drug products used to treat bioterrorist diseases, the FDA plays a significant role in the domestic preparation against a bioterrorist attack. The changes that occurred at the agency in response ...

    • Fear and Liberty 

      Sunstein, Cass Robert (New School for Social Research, 2004)

    • Federal Corporate Law: Lessons From History 

      Bebchuk, Lucian Arye; Hamdani, Assaf (Columbia Law Review Association, Inc., 2006)
      This paper analyzes the history of federal intervention in corporate law and draws from it lessons for the future. We show that federal intervention has generally not alternated between tightening state law restrictions ...

    • Federal Enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act: Striking a Balance Between Enforcement and the Regulation of Medical Practice 

      Washington, Whitney (2009)
      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 ...

    • Federal Intervention to Enhance Shareholder Choice 

      Bebchuk, Lucian Arye; Ferrell, Frank A. (Virginia Law Review Association, 2001)
      The modern approach to corporate reorganizations begins in a curious place. Everywhere else in corporate law, we focus on those who control the firm and on when others should be able to go to court and reverse their ...

    • Federal Preemption in the Area of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Advertising of Prescription Drugs 

      Blickle, Carl J. (2006)
      FDA involvement in the policy space of direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs raises the question whether state-law based lawsuits based on such advertising are preempted. Congress and the Supreme Court ...