This looks quite interesting. I'm planning to go. Any armchair denizens care to join me?
THE FDA: A Healthy Examination -- Live Presentation (3/7/02) By federal law, all new pharmaceuticals and medical devices are banned until specifically permitted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). �What have been the consequences of this mandate? Do pharmaceuticals and medical devices need special controls? Or could health and safety be better achieved through non-bureaucratic, market-based approaches? The Civil Society Institute, the Center for Science, Technology and Society, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the Biotechnology Program at Santa Clara University present "The FDA: A Healthy Examination," a live presentation devoted to these questions, featuring Mary J. Ruwart, Alex Tabarrok and Henry Miller. SPEAKERS: � �-- MARY J. RUWART, Ph.D. in Biophysics, was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at St. Louis University Medical School for two years, and a Senior Research Scientist at the leading pharmaceutical firm Upjohn Company for 19 years. �She is the author of the book HEALING OUR WORLD: The Other Piece of the Puzzle. �The book integrates philosophical principles of social organization and well being with analysis of health-policy issues. � �-- ALEXANDER TABARROK, Ph.D. in Economics, is Director of Research at the Independent Institute in Oakland, CA. �His is the author of numerous articles in leading academic economic journals, and the editor of several books published by top academic publishers. �He is the author of a groundbreaking article on the hidden lesson of *off-label* prescription practices (at http://www.independent.org/tii/content/pubs/review/tir51_tabarrok.html). Tabarrok is co-author of the extensive website on the FDA, http://www.FDAReview.org. � �-- HENRY MILLER, M.S., M.D., is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University is a physician, molecular biologist and the founding director of the FDA's Office of Biotechnology. �He is the author or editor of three books and has written more than three hundred articles for scholarly and popular publications. �His most recent book is TO AMERICA'S HEALTH: A Proposal to Reform the Food and Drug Administration. WHEN: � � � � Thursday, March 7, 2002 � � � � 7:30 - 9:00 PM WHERE: � � � � Bannan Hall, Room 142 � � � � Santa Clara University � � � � Santa Clara, CA � � � � For information about directions, parking (free), etc., please see http://www.scu.edu/map/parking/directions.cfm This event is FREE and open to the public. For more about the Civil Society Institute, see http://www.independent.org/tii/lighthouse/LHLink4-9-3.html.
