Worst Pills, Best Pills
Date of Event
11-16-2005
Description
November 16, 2005
Sidney Wolfe, M.D., Director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group
Law-Medicine Center
Oliver C. Schroeder, Jr. Scholar-in-Residence Lecture
Adverse drug reactions are the fourth leading cause of death for Americans, killing 100,000 people each year. What reforms are needed to safeguard consumers? •Are more drug choices the answer? •Are drug safety standards adequate? •Has the FDA adequately evolved to meet its regulatory challenges? Spearheading advocacy in pharmaceutical policy, Dr. Sidney Wolfe has been Director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group since its creation in 1971. He is a member of the Society for General Internal Medicine and teaches as an adjunct professor of internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he completed his medical training. Previously, Dr. Wolfe worked at the National Institutes of Health conducting research, and received the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1990.
Lecture Series
Law-Medicine Center
Subject Headings
adverse drug reactions; consumer protection; drugs and consumer protection; drug safety; FDA; drug regulation; pharmaceuticals; pharmaceutical policy; food and drug law; health law and policy
Location
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Document Type
Video
Recommended Citation
Wolfe, Sidney M.D., "Worst Pills, Best Pills" (2005). Conferences and Symposia. 269.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/law_videos_general/269