Is the Food and Drug Administration safe and effective?

TJ Philipson, E Sun - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008 - aeaweb.org
Abstract In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides public
oversight of the safety and efficacy of drugs; medical devices; biologics like vaccines and …

Assessing the safety and efficacy of the FDA: the case of the Prescription Drug User Fee Acts

T Philipson, ER Berndt, A Gottschalk, MW Strobeck - 2005 - nber.org
The US Food and drug Administration (FDA) is estimated to regulate markets accounting for
about 20% of consumer spending in the US. This paper proposes a general methodology to …

Cost-benefit analysis of the FDA: The case of the prescription drug user fee acts

T Philipson, ER Berndt, AHB Gottschalk… - Journal of Public …, 2008 - Elsevier
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is estimated to regulate markets accounting for
about 20% of consumer spending in the US Despite the FDA's strict adherence to evidence …

The Prescription Drug User Fee Act: Is a Faster Food and Drug Administration Always a Better Food and Drug Administration?

JL Zelenay - Food and Drug Law Journal, 2005 - JSTOR
Responding to certain drug-related public health disasters, Congress spent the greater part
of the twentieth century increasing the amount of regulation imposed on pharma ceutical …

Food and Drug Administration Regulation and Products Liability: Strong Sword, Weak Shield

JN Gibbs, BF Mackler - Tort & Insurance Law Journal, 1987 - JSTOR
Historically, profitability, market shares, and potential government regulatory hur dles have
been the crucial factors utilized by companies when evaluating and devel oping possible …

Regulating drug prices: where do we go from here?

N Bloom, J Van Reenen - Fiscal Studies, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the arguments for changing the ways that UK drug prices are
regulated. In the UK, NHS pharmaceutical expenditures on branded drugs, currently worth …

Drug approval overregaultion

MR Ward - Regulation, 1992 - HeinOnline
The Food and Drug Administration regulates drug approvals to increase public health by
keeping unsafe and ineffective drugs off the market while allowing pharmaceutical firms to …

Industry funding of improvements in the FDA's new drug approval process: The Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992

BN Kuhlik - Food and Drug Law Journal, 1992 - JSTOR
On October 6, 1992, the US House of Representatives passed HR 6181, which includes the
Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992. The Senate passed the bill the next day, and the …

The Role of Regulatory Agencies in Risk-Benefit Decision-Making

RM Cooper - Food Drug Cosm. LJ, 1978 - HeinOnline
Food, Drug, and. Cosmetic Act''has produced from time to time a demand that regulators
consider the economic consequences of the actions they take to protect the public health …

The health effects of mandatory prescriptions

S Peltzman - The Journal of Law and Economics, 1987 - journals.uchicago.edu
IT is a commonplace of life in the developed world that consumers are required to secure the
advice and permission of a physician before they may consume certain drugs. It was not …