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Pros And Cons Of The FDA

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The FDA has been known to discourage, or even outright ban substances that will directly compete against the pharmaceutical FDA approved drugs. Even to this day the FDA maintains a relentless hostile stance toward supplements and treatments that are not sanctioned by the FDA no matter how much scientific studies that supports it, unless they have gone through the FDA's approval process and thus becomes a drug. These policies prevent millions from ever knowing about food or supplemental remedies that are not only cheaper, more effective that of the synthetic FDA approved drugs.

The AMA seems to not like the competition for medicine, their main focus seems to be on conventional drugs and surgery. The AMA, especially does not like doctors who provide advice on damaging GMO foods, supplements that can treat or cure illness. AMA and their affiliates are known to hold ties to the pharmaceutical industry and need their financial support. The advertising of prescription drugs was made legal in the USA back in 1985, the pharmaceutical companies have become very dependent on it for …show more content…

Because the U.S. was seriously lacking in resources at the FDA, drug's approval was at a snail's pace compared to the rate in Europe. The United States was over a year behind that of Europe, more than half of the drugs that got approved in the U.S. had already hit the pharmacy shelves overseas almost a year earlier. As a result, patients, physicians, advocacy groups, with pharmaceutical companies were all dismayed that Americans were being denied the access to new medicines. In an effort to remedy this problem, Congress enacted the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) Of 1992. This act was to provide a path whereby charges were imposed upon the pharmaceutical companies, for each New Drug Application (NDA) Filed. The profits earned from the "user fees" were used to hire 600 new drug analyst and support

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Consumers barley read whats in the stuff they are taking in. Not to add, they can not know what they're taking in if it is never writing on the bottle. It is unethical to target these consumers. It could hurt the consumer causing a lawsuit or furthermore shutting down the company. FDA should regulate this kind of stuff so it never happens.

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Pharmacists are in a unique position to help. They have the ability and knowledge to implement programs as part of their daily practice to ensure that patients are adherent to their medications. As the medication experts, pharmacists should lead the way to improving medication adherence and providing optimal patient care. The provisions of this bill do not pose a mandate but where appropriate would require the proration of prescriptions, related cost sharing, and dispensing costs in order to conform the patient to one monthly refill that occurs on the same date each month.

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The AMA is the American Medical Association Interest Group. "The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues." (Project Vote Smart) It is the biggest physician organization in America that has doctors from all across the country.

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The FDA is an agency within the government that regulates and maintains every aspect of food and public health services throughout the United States. The FDA is broken into many different groups to cover each main category including tabacco , food, drugs, and cosmetics. A lot of what they do plays a major role in everyday life so staying informed could help you out throughout an average day. The formation of the FDA began when the Pure Food and Drug act of 1906 enacted, due in part that it required ingredients to be labeled on a drug 's packaging, just like the FDA does today.          When it comes to products like cigarettes and prescription drugs consumers need warning labels, according to the FDA, if they are either dangerous or addictive.

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Summary of FDA Legislation The Food and Drug Administration is the first federal agency designed to protect consumers from harm. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was established in 1906 with the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and is considered the oldest consumer protection agency in the federal government (FDA, 2015). The Food and Drug Act was also developed in 1906, which, authorized the FDA to pursue action against drug companies if a drug caused harm to consumers. The Safe Medical Device Act was established in 1990 to ensure that hospitals report any form of medical device related injury or illness of patients or staff would be reported to the manufacturer of the device.

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The Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 was formally known as the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act. The goal of the act was to offset the drug approval delay, encourage healthy competition and avoid price raise and to make life easier for the generic industry. This act allowed an excess of generic drugs enter the market. Before the passage of this act generic drugs did not compete with the innovator industry because they ruled the market with their already existing brands in the market. The innovator had a monopoly over the market which allowed them to overprice their products.

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In the U.S. there currently is no government regulation when it comes to prescription drug prices, granting pharmaceutical companies complete control over their prices. Unfortunately, many companies take advantage of this freedom and there is a lot of corporate greed that occurs when setting the prices of these life-saving medications. While research, development, and trial for these new drugs are extremely expensive and are taken into account when pharmaceutical companies set their prices, it is not justifiable when these prices are exceeding inflation rates. Moreover, “Drug expenditures nearly doubled between 1980 and 1991 (from $15.8 billion to $29.2 billion), even after adjusting for inflation. Much of this increase was driven by increases in prescription drug prices, which rose by more than twice the rate of inflation between 1980 and 1991” (Gross).

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But for rare occasions, the government’s position is also clear, like when “You have to make a decision between having drugs at a high price and having no drugs at all”. The two major provider of research dollars for the development of such inventive treatments i.e. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Institute of Health (NIH) is at the centre of this debate. It is interesting to note that, the NIH has received five such march-in requests and has denied every one. This contention of NIH maintains the stand of the government that the march-in right is not a cost control measure but rather a measure to ensure federally funded inventions being made available to the public.

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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which we have already discussed, was the primary reason the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was established. This law was created because many people relocated to cities to work in factories and other urban jobs, and because there was little to no workplace or product safety, pre-made goods were required because city dwellers could not produce them themselves. The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for a wide range of duties, including dietary supplements, bottled water, food additives, infant formulas, prescription drugs, non prescription drugs, vaccines for humans, blood and blood products, cellular and gene therapy products, tissue and tissue products, allergenics, heart pacemakers, dental devices, surgical implants and prosthetics, x-ray equipment, ultrasonic therapy equipment, color additives found in makeup and other personal care products, skin moisturizers and cleansers, nail polish and perfume, livestock feeds, pet foods, veterinary drugs and devices, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and

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The production of drug abroad was also reduced. The major purpose of the law to protect the people from drugs was to create a drug free America and to establish the office of National Drug control policy. 2) Animal drug user fee act 2003 The Animal Drug user fee act was established in 2003 by the congress

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Some drug products must be proven safe before companies put them out in stores for buyers, because of the Pure Food and Drug Act regulations. The FDA must approve food additives before it used in food since additives are used to induce cancer in humans and animals. The FDA has a huge impact on keeping American intact without being harmed from dangerous and hazardous chemicals. Since the beginning of civilizations people have been concerned about the quality and safety of foods and medicine. The FDA has answered the concerns and worries for the American people.

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Safety should be a priority instead of waiting to make a plan of what can be done once there is serious health issue: prevention is far better than a cure. The FDA should start doing something to protect consumers from vitamins and herbal

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Therefore the government should regulate the pharmaceutical industry because the industry is harmful towards the economy and patients. The government can achieve this by enabling a cap on prices of specialty drugs and ensuring DCTA is not

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It is truly terrifying once you realize that the FDA allows these sorts of chemicals to be put in products and then allow producers to falsely advertise their products. The Food and Drug Administration is slowly destroying the American diet by allowing the

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There are many herbal pharmaceutical companies producing several types of products meant for various proposes. The Himalaya, Pathanjali, Arogya Bhavan, Ayushya Varsha, Shita Pharma, Ideal Cures Pvt. Ltd, Horticultural Impex, Herbal Hills, Natural Centres, Kavitha Herbal Products, Agarwal Herbal products, Bio-baxy herbal products and others are some of the popular alternate medicine manufacturers. On one side highly developed technological changes are taking place in the world while on the other side people are going for organic food items and natural medicines that are cost effective and

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