Drug Enforcement Administration

Are exorbitant prices for prescription drugs a contributing factor to the high mortality and morbidity rates among Americans patients? Sometimes I often wonder if the issue of one’s inability to pay for their needed meds to get well is the result of some patients dying prematurely, more so, than the actual sickness or disease. As a result of these high prices for prescription drugs, some patients are taking risky measures by not taking their medicines as prescribed. According to the Center for…

The "Achilles Heel" that is the Food and Drug Administration In Greek mythology, Achilles was a great warrior who did many great deeds. He was extremely strong and his enemies eventually came to fear the very mention of his name. Although strong, Achilles had a massive weakness that eventually proved fatal once it was exploited. In modern times, we now refer to a great weakness amidst great strength as an "Achilles Heel". The Food and Drug Administration oversees the nation 's food supply…

Historians have referred the 1920’s as “The Roaring Twenties,” the “Jazz Age,” and the “Age of Normalcy.” Each of these labels imply different things. America in the 1920’s had a very diverse population. With a diverse population comes variegated cultural, social, political, and economic differences. However, these differences created a unified theme. The theme was change. There were political, consumer, social, and cultural changes in America through the 1920’s that exemplified this theme. The…

consumers from food and drug products brought about the creation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since 1906 the FDA has played a key role in regulating essential products such as seafood, vegetable produce, food, additives, drugs, and even tobacco products to some extent. Programs like HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) ensures food safety through verification procedures throughout production. For drug regulation, the FDA put in place a thorough drug testing procedure to…

In the field of biomedical research there many imperative careers that work together to reach a desired conclusion. One of these careers is a regulatory affairs specialist. Regulatory affairs specialists are a crucial part in ensuring that a client’s product meets the standards set up by various governments. Regulatory affairs specialists are needed in many biomedical industries, one of which is the pharmaceutical industry. A regulatory affairs specialist in the pharmaceutical industry has…

reactions to patients already in the clinical trial to Jesse or the FDA (R. Wilson, 2010). It also did not advise the National Institutes of Health’s Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) about changes to study design, like the change in route of administration of the adenovirus (R. Wilson, 2010). In addition, it was not safe because the selection of trial subjects was not ethical as the trial’s aim was to help infants with the disorder, yet it enrolled asymptomatic adult who had everything…

elevated drug costs via increasing premiums (“The high prices of prescription drugs,” n.d.). Digging deeper in the mindset of the drug companies, they exploit the blend of regulations that oblige insurance companies to incorporate fundamentally all of the costly medications in their policies (“The high prices of prescription drugs,” n.d.). They also use the logic and mantra that really stipulates that each novel health care good be accessible to the masses (“The high prices of prescription…

There were over 35,000 personal injury claims filed against the company ("35 FDA-Approved Prescription Drugs Later Pulled from the Market - Prescription Drug Ads - ProCon.org"). Perhaps if corners were not cut and the creators of the drug had spent more time studying the effects, and if the FDA reviewed it longer, these injuries and deaths would not have occurred. Although speeding up the drug review and approval process may have benefitted some people who were desperate for a cure, it…

this document from a Medicine Journal about the drug, Thalidomide which was developed by a German pharmaceutical company called Grünenthal in Stolberg. This company wanted to create a drug. They started clinical trials for treating respiratory infections in 1956. Researchers at Grünenthal then discovered that thalidomide could help with morning sickness found in pregnant women The drug was then advertised to help with morning sickness in 1957. This drug was found in over 50 different types of…

Mass incarceration also creates a social hierarchy with Blacks being at the bottom because of being labeled a drug addict/user and a criminal, which in Rawls’ perspective is an injustice because its placing certain individuals higher than others. Rawls would view the situation the same as he viewed distribution of wealth and income, except the moral inquiry would…