FDA could analyze public health consequences of its decisions better, experts say
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 13:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A new report lays out a framework for the US Food and Drug Administration to systematically evaluate and compare the public health consequences of its decisions concerning a wide variety of products. Moreover, the risk-assessment framework provides a common internal language to discuss potential options and draws extensively on well-vetted risk literature to define the relevant health dimensions for FDA decision making.