Canaries, coal mines and the drug supply

The heparin safety crisis sends a strong signal that urgent changes in regulatory and manufacturing oversight are needed to ensure the safety of the global drug supply.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature biotechnology 2008-06, Vol.26 (6), p.624-626
Main Author: Leiden, Jeffrey M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Animals
Bioinformatics
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology
Biomedicine
Biotechnology
Canaries
Coal mines
Coal Mining
commentary
Consumer Product Safety
Contamination
Drug Industry - methods
Drug Industry - trends
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Humans
Investigations
Life Sciences
Outsourced Services - trends
Pharmaceutical industry
Product Surveillance, Postmarketing - methods
Product Surveillance, Postmarketing - trends
Reforms
Regulation
Safety systems
United States
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The heparin safety crisis sends a strong signal that urgent changes in regulatory and manufacturing oversight are needed to ensure the safety of the global drug supply.
ISSN:1087-0156
1546-1696
DOI:10.1038/nbt0608-624