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Aids Activists, Fda Regulation, And The Amendment Of America's Drug Constitution, Lewis Grossman Jan 2016

Aids Activists, Fda Regulation, And The Amendment Of America's Drug Constitution, Lewis Grossman

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This Article explores how AIDS activists, desperate for access to potentially life-saving pharmaceuticals, permanently transformed America’s “drug constitution.” Their advocacy altered the FDA’s interpretation and application of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) so as to expedite the availability of new, unproven drugs for critical illnesses, thus enhancing individual patients’ autonomy to make therapeutic choices without government interference.The FDCA is more than simple set of instructions to a federal agency — it is a source of vitally important and deeply entrenched institutional and normative frameworks. Like major civil rights, antitrust, and environmental statutes, the FDCA should be viewed …


Fda And The Rise Of The Empowered Consumer, Lewis Grossman May 2013

Fda And The Rise Of The Empowered Consumer, Lewis Grossman

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This Article traces the still-evolving view of consumers of FDA-regulated products as capable, rational, and rights-bearing decision makers. It also examines the corresponding diminution of FDA’s role as a paternalistic gatekeeper collaborating with medical and scientific experts to prevent products and manufacturer-provided information from reaching the public. Compared with their 1960s counterparts, today’s consumers of food and drugs have far greater freedom to make unmediated choices among a wider variety of products, guided by a relative deluge of labeling and advertising information. Moreover, food and drug regulation, once the exclusive domain of bureaucrats and experts, has become a focus of …


Thailand Thumbs Nose At Ustr, Makes Affordable Aids Treatment Top Priority, Greg Lultschik Jan 2010

Thailand Thumbs Nose At Ustr, Makes Affordable Aids Treatment Top Priority, Greg Lultschik

Intellectual Property Brief

No abstract provided.


Peacekeepers As Perpetrators: Sexual Exploitation And Abuse Of Women And Children In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Susan A. Notar Jan 2006

Peacekeepers As Perpetrators: Sexual Exploitation And Abuse Of Women And Children In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Susan A. Notar

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Millennium Development Goals And Hiv/Aids, J.C. Sylvan Jan 2005

The Millennium Development Goals And Hiv/Aids, J.C. Sylvan

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Hiv On The Rape Crisis In The African Great Lakes Region, Jennifer M. Hentz Jan 2005

The Impact Of Hiv On The Rape Crisis In The African Great Lakes Region, Jennifer M. Hentz

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Transcript For Keynote Address , Kathy Hudson, Arron M. Bailey Feb 2002

Transcript For Keynote Address , Kathy Hudson, Arron M. Bailey

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Power Imbalance Between Man And Women And Its Effects On The Rampant Spread Of Hiv/Aids Among Women, Julie L. Andreeff Jan 2001

The Power Imbalance Between Man And Women And Its Effects On The Rampant Spread Of Hiv/Aids Among Women, Julie L. Andreeff

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Beyond 43 Million: The "Regarded As" Prong Of The Ada And Hiv Infection - A Tautological Approach , Brian K. Esser Jan 1999

Beyond 43 Million: The "Regarded As" Prong Of The Ada And Hiv Infection - A Tautological Approach , Brian K. Esser

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Dutch Treats: The Lessons The U.S. Can Learn From How The Netherlands Protects Lesbians And Gays, Astrid A.M Mattijssen, Charlene L. Smith Jan 1996

Dutch Treats: The Lessons The U.S. Can Learn From How The Netherlands Protects Lesbians And Gays, Astrid A.M Mattijssen, Charlene L. Smith

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Condoms Overturned On Appeal: Teens Stripped Of Their Rights, Sharon Pmeranz Jan 1995

Condoms Overturned On Appeal: Teens Stripped Of Their Rights, Sharon Pmeranz

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.