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Stemming The Global Trade In Falsified And Substandard Medicines, Lawrence O. Gostin, Gillian J. Buckley, Patrick W. Kelley
Stemming The Global Trade In Falsified And Substandard Medicines, Lawrence O. Gostin, Gillian J. Buckley, Patrick W. Kelley
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Drug safety and quality is an essential assumption of clinical medicine, but there is growing concern that this assumption is not always correct. Poor manufacturing and deliberate fraud occasionally compromises the drug supply in the United States, and the problem is far more common and serious in low- and middle-income countries with weak drug regulatory systems. An Institute of Medicine consensus committee report identified the causes and possible solutions to the problem of falsified and substandard drugs around the world.
The vocabulary people use to discuss the problem is itself a concern. The word counterfeit is often used innocuously to …
Asbestos And The Dalkon Shield: Corporate America On Trial, Joseph A. Page
Asbestos And The Dalkon Shield: Corporate America On Trial, Joseph A. Page
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Asbestos and the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device share a number of unhappy distinctions. Both products have exacted a terrible human toll. Damage suits seeking recovery for harm linked to both have put considerable strain on the judicial system. Corporate decisions made in the course of marketing both have been deemed reprehensible. Manufacturers of both have sought refuge in bankruptcy. And both have provided the grist for hard-hitting books by veteran investigative journalists.
Paul Brodeur's Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial returns a harsh verdict against the Manville Corporation and others directly and indirectly involved in the production of what …