Pure Food and Drug Act

always a risk of finding new side effects that could make the product harmful for consumer consumption. Pfizer, like many other pharmaceutical companies start to market and promote a new medication once it receives the approvals from the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Millions of dollars are spent marketing a new medication from the point of FDA approval. It is important…

Vivas and their attempt to get a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that combats the newly-labeled Female Sexual Dysfunction. She reveals pharmaceutical interests and the way they are intertwined in the public’s perception of healthy and “normal”. The film is focused mainly on the pharmaceutical company Vivas, a company that was originally responsible for the first FDA approved erectile dysfunction medication. Soon after the introduction of their drug, however,…

Electronic muscle stimulators, also known as EMS devices, are machines that aid people in toning their muscles. These types of machines can help an individual keep their body toned, in shape and according to some, enable them to lose weight. They are also used by physical therapists and health care professionals for the relief of minor joint pains, muscle aches and stress. For individuals who suffer from partial to full paralysis or have hard time moving, electronic muscle stimulation via these…

writing an electronic prescription, they must select the drug and enter the SIG information. The EHR system scans the patient's chart for any known alergies. past and current diagnoses, and a list of your current medications. The information is then passed to a drug utilization review (DUR) program that compares the prescriptions to a database of most common known drugs, The database includes prescription drugs as well as over-the-counter drugs, and even herbal supplements and vitamins…

“Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) is the promotion directly to potential patients of prescription drugs through newspaper, magazine, television, and internet marketing” (1). This type of direct communication allows drug manufacturers to take advantage of its consumer’s lack of medical background and knowledge by promoting products directly to consumers in ways that could manipulate them. During drug manufacturer advertisements, consumers may be given false ideas of potential results and…

approval of pharmaceutical drugs based on criteria of safety and effectiveness. This control has developed over the past century in response to tragedies that resulted from the lack of rigorous drug testing prior to a drug’s circulation. In this way, the FDA acts as a safeguard against companies peddling ineffective, unsafe, or simply untested products for the sake of profit.2 The current drug approval system works by implementing a series of regulated studies which act as safeguards. However,…

spending on healthcare, people in the United States are still unable to afford the health care prices, particularly the need for prescription drugs. It is difficult for consumers who have already spent money on health coverage, and with high drug cost due to pharmaceuticals’ regulation on price increased the burden for patients to afford the drugs that they need. Drugs are created and manufactured by the pharmaceutical companies where they have the authority…

that they do not need and they are now burden with the cost of that prescription drug. Often times, there is pressure on healthcare providers from the big pharmaceutical companies to sell their drugs to patients. Leonard J. Weber, a professor at the University of Detroit, talks about the ethics of the prescription drug marketing, in his book, Profits before People? Ethical Standards and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs. The healthcare industry market is different from the market of other…

Johnson and Johnson is a company who has been around since 1886 with products ranging from baby items to pharmaceuticals. One of their bestselling products, a subsidiary, with over one hundred million users, Tylenol was responsible for 19 percent of Johnson & Johnson's corporate profits during the first few years of the company starting. Tylenol was the absolute leader in the painkiller field accounting for a 37 percent market share, outselling the next four leading painkillers combined,…

In conclusion, profit is the number one concern for these drug companies as proved by using Kant’s second categorical imperative. The large pharmaceutical companies spend money to market their expensive drugs that they want consumers to purchase. They decide which medications will be marked directly to you. If direct-to-consumer advertising was illegal, the money saved on advertising costs might lower the costs for drugs. This current practice uses patients as a means to reach the company’s…