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Clinical pharmacology in industrial medicine
Author(s) -
Warshaw Leon J.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt196122230
Subject(s) - clinical pharmacology , productivity , medicine , promotion (chess) , alternative medicine , pharmaceutical industry , clinical research , work (physics) , pharmacology , business , intensive care medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , pathology , engineering , mechanical engineering , law , economics , macroeconomics , politics , political science
The industrial medical department provides a satisfactory setting for research in clinical pharmacology. It offers an opportunity not only for evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of many drugs but also for the study of their effects on “normal” subjects. Among its advantages is the availability of suitable human subjects who can participate in these studies without loss of income, who are readily accessible for any necessary follow‐up, and whose work performance may provide a satisfactory index of the effects of certain drugs. The scientific requirements and standards for clinical pharmacologic research in industry are no different from those governing similar research in other settings. Certain problems, however, arise out of the necessity of conducting the research within the framework of the primary objective of the occupational health program: to maintain optimal productivity hy the promotion of better employee health.