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.
