X-Message-Number: 18634 Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 09:49:01 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Platt <> Subject: ANNOUNCING: FDAReview.org -- New Website Tracks Unsafe Side Effects ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:44:17 -0500 From: Matthew Gaylor <> To: Matthew Gaylor <> Subject: ANNOUNCING: FDAReview.org -- New Website Tracks Unsafe Side Effects of US Federal Food and Drug Regulations ANNOUNCING: FDAReview.org -- New Website Tracks Unsafe Side Effects of Federal Food and Drug Regulations The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was created to ensure the safety of food, and the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, marketed in the United States. A large body of academic research, however, indicates that FDA control has large and often overlooked costs that almost certainly exceed the costs. This is no "academic" or strictly economic matter: FDA policies in many cases have cost people their lives. To bring this research to a larger number of health-care professionals, policy analysts, journalists, government officials, and the general public, the Independent Institute has launched FDAReview.org <http://www.FDAReview.org>, an extensive, peer-reviewed, resource of critical research on the policies and history of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Written and edited by Independent Institute Research Fellow Daniel Klein (Associate Professor of Economics, Santa Clara University) and Independent Institute Research Director Alex Tabarrok (Editor, Entrepreneurial Economics: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science), FDAReview.org includes: * a detailed history of federal regulation from 1902 to the present, * information on the drug development and approval process, * an evaluation of the costs and benefits of FDA policy, * a review and evaluation of the major plans for FDA reform, * comments from economists who have studied the FDA, * a glossary and bibliography with many webbed links (including links to JSTOR, a scholarly journal archive, for those with access) With FDAReview.org, the Independent Institute intends to increase public awareness of bureaucratic and political barriers that prevent lifesaving medicines from reaching health-care consumers, especially for those most in need. Comments are always welcome as we plan to continually update and improve the web site. See FDAReview.org http://www.FDAReview.org ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ ************************************************************************** Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18634