Regulation and Restraint in Contemporary Medicine in the UK and USA

Front Matter

Regulation of the Discovery, Development and Supply of New Drugs: Lessons for Medicine

• William M. Wardell

Trends in Regulation of the Profession in the United Kingdom

• Gordon Wolstenholme

The Changing State of the Law in Relation to Product Liability in the United States of America

• George S. Frazza

The Changing State of the Law in Relation to Product Liability in the United Kingdom

• G. C. Tuck

Front Matter

The Effects of Regulation on the Discovery, Supply and Cost of New Drugs

• M. Weatherall

Economic Restraints on Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry

• Richard E. Faust, Mark R. Harris, Kwang I. Lee

Patient Demand and the Media

• Lawrence K. Altman

The Problems of Constraint Through the Influence of Lay Pressure Groups

• Sam Shuster

Front Matter

Regulatory Trends in Early Clinical Trials

• John A. Oates

The Role of Long Term Surveillance, Especially of Vulnerable Groups of Patients

• J. M. Mungavin

How Far are Results from Experimental Models Relevant?

• T. A. Connors

The Problem of Safety Warnings to Patients and Subjects of Medical Research

• D. R. Laurence

Front Matter

Current Problems of Restraint in General Practice

• V. W. M. Drury

Prescription Drug Abuse: Magnitude and Control

• R. F. Maronde, W. F. Mcghan, R. W. O’Neill, R. D. Pocrass, H. A. Zinszer

Flexibility or Rigidity in Specialist Training

• Douglas Black