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This section updates readers on the latest developments in pharmaceutical law, giving information on legislation and case law on various matters (such as clinical and pre-clinical trials, drug approval and marketing authorisation, the role of regulatory agencies) and providing analysis on how and to what extent they might affect health and security of the individual as well as in industry.

Commercial pharmaceutical companies have been much criticised for their activities yet, at the same time, there is relatively little ethical information available to those working in the industry. This book addresses this need and develops pharmaceutical ethics as a field independent to medical ethics in general

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Today, pharmaceutical companies are increasing theirmarketing budgets to advertise directly to the consumer.This spiraling effort has begun to attract the attention of bothconsumer advocacy groups, as well as the federal government(in the USA), in terms of taking a closer look at the effects ofsuch advertising efforts. In July of 2005, the US SenateMajority leader asked pharmaceutical marketers to voluntarilystop their direct-to-consumer advertising during a drug's firsttwo years on the market. The ability for a pharmaceuticalcompany to affect both the physician (who can prescribe aspecific dr