The New Medicines - Bernice Z. Schacter
The New Medicines - Bernice Z. Schacter Today, most people use prescription medications. But, despite recent controversies regarding the safety of drugs, consumers know little about the medications…
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The New Medicines - Bernice Z. Schacter
Today, most people use prescription medications. But, despite recent controversies regarding the safety of drugs, consumers know little about the medications that they ingest and inject. Every year, the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry produces new medicines that treat everything from arthritis to AIDS, from high cholesterol to depression.
How do consumers know that drugs are safe and effective? How are these new medicines invented? How are they tested?
Who regulates their production - and who watches the regulators? How do drug companies produce the vast quantities needed for the