Regulating Medicines in Europe

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Regulating Medicines in Europe

Competition, Expertise and Public Health

Competition law / Antitrust law Regulation of medicines and medical devices Public health and preventive medicine

Authors: John Abraham, Graham Lewis

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 4th April 2014

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781136295720


Overview

This Book explains and investigates how medicines are controlled in Europe, especially the EU.

Research and Approach

Based on penetrating documentary and interview research with the pharmaceutical industry, regulators and consumer organisations, it provides the first major critical examination of the new Europeanised systems of medicine regulation.

Key Arguments

The authors argue that the drive to produce and approve more drugs more quickly for a single European market dominates other considerations, such as improvements in democratic accountability, the independence of regulators and scientific expertise from commercial interests, and drug safety testing and surveillance.

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