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Health Law and Policy

Boston University School of Law

2012

Drug

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Regulating Compounding Pharmacies After Necc, Kevin Outterson Jan 2012

Regulating Compounding Pharmacies After Necc, Kevin Outterson

Faculty Scholarship

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules are often forged in crisis. After the 1937 sulfanilamide disaster that killed more than 100 people, Congress passed the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA),requiring drugs to be safe and properly labeled. In 1962, a requirement was introduced for proof of drug efficacy through “adequate and well-controlled investigations,” partly in response to the thalidomide tragedy. Rules protecting human-research subjects owe a debt to Tuskegee and Nuremberg.


A Randomized Study Of How Physicians Interpret Research Funding Disclosures, Christopher Robertson Jan 2012

A Randomized Study Of How Physicians Interpret Research Funding Disclosures, Christopher Robertson

Faculty Scholarship

The effects of clinical-trial funding on the interpretation of trial results are poorly understood. We examined how such support affects physicians’ reactions to trials with a high, medium, or low level of methodologic rigor.