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Drug Approval and Surveillance
Author(s) -
Potts Malcolm
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00506.x
Subject(s) - medicine , postmarketing surveillance , drug approval , drug , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental health , pharmacology , adverse effect
The author proposes that current regulations governing the licensing of drugs, particularly in the United States, need to be changed and replaced by a system of provisional or conditional licensing and increased postmarketing surveillance of drug use.