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Review and Critique of the Institute of Medicine Report “The Future of Drug Safety”
Author(s) -
Benet L Z
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100083
Subject(s) - clinical pharmacology , regulatory authority , medicine , pharmacology , drug , engineering ethics , engineering , political science , public administration
In September 2006 an Institute of Medicine (IOM) ad hoc committee on the Assessment of the US Drug Safety System released its report entitled "The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public". The committee's report includes 25 recommendations that "will bring the strengths of the preapproval process (data, regulatory authority, organizational function and capabilities, and resources) to the postapproval phase in order to fulfill a lifecycle approach to the study, regulation, and communication about the risks and benefits of drugs." Copies of the report are available from the National Academies Press (800-624-6242), and the full text is available at http://www.nap.edu.