TY - BOOK AU - Lynch,Holly Fernandez AU - Cohen,I.Glenn TI - FDA in the twenty-first century: the challenges of regulating drugs and new technologies SN - 9780231540070 AV - KF3871 .F34 2016 U1 - 363.1940973 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - United States KW - Food and Drug Administration KW - Drugs KW - Law and legislation KW - Industry KW - ukslc KW - Social services & welfare, criminology KW - thema KW - Business & Management KW - Employee-ownership & co-operatives KW - Licensing, gaming & club law N1 - Previously issued in print: 2015; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - In its decades-long effort to assure the safety, efficacy and security of medicines and other products, the Food and Drug Administration has struggled with issues of funding, proper associations with industry and the balance between consumer choice and consumer protection. Today, these challenges are compounded by the pressures of globalization, the introduction of novel technologies and fast-evolving threats to public health. With essays by leading scholars and government and private industry experts, this book addresses perennial and new problems and the improvements the agency can make to better serve the public good ER -