Regulation of the pharmaceutical industry / edited by John Abraham and Helen Lawton Smith.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

x, 278 pages ; 23 cm.

Regulatory laws and political culture in the United States and Germany / Arthur Daemmrich -- Europeanization of medicines regulation / John Abraham and Graham Lewis -- Globalization of medicines control / John Abraham and Tim Reed -- Sales licensing documentation and trade secrecy : the case of Norplant[superscript R] contraceptives / Eeva Ollila and Elina Hemminki -- Biological medicines in the age of biotech : public policy issues / Norma Morris -- New molecules, markets and changing drug regulatory practices / Toine Pieters -- Users' involvement in regulating contraceptive innovation : the design of anti-fertility vaccines / Jessika van Kammen -- Regulation for ethical purposes : medical research on humans / Claire Foster -- The limitations of current ethical regulations / Oonagh Corrigan -- Mergers and joint ventures in the pharmaceutical industry / Helen Kelly and Morven Hadden.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-267) and index.