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FDA and Drug Regulation

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Books and Book Chapters

"Tobacco and the Rules of Law," Chapter 32, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Health and Safety Policy," Chapter 39, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"The Food and Drug Administration," Chapter 39 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108 Congress.

Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It, Michael F. Cannon and Michael Tanner (Cato Institute, September 2005)

Cato Studies

"Avoiding Medicare's Pharmaceutical Trap," by Doug Bandow, Policy Analysis no. 556, November 30, 2005

"Treating Doctors as Drug Dealers: The DEA's War on Prescription Painkillers," by Ronald T. Libby, Policy Analysis no. 545, June 6, 2005

"Health Care Regulation: A $169 Billion Hidden Tax," by Christopher J. Conover, Policy Analysis no. 527, October 4, 2004

"Drug Reimportation: The Free Market Solution," by Roger Pilon, Policy Analysis no. 521, August 4, 2004

"Demonizing Drugmakers: The Political Assault on the Pharmaceutical Industry," by Doug Bandow, Policy Analysis no. 475, May 8, 2003

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Articles and Newsletters

"Reforming FDA Policy: Lessons from the AIDS Experience," by Joanna E. Siegel and Marc J. Roberts, Regulation Magazine 14:4, Fall 1991.

Opinion and Commentary

"A Bleary-Eyed Attitude to Alcohol Research," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), February 3, 2010

"President Obama: Free the Medical Marijuana Researchers!," by Doug Bandow, Huffington Post, December 13, 2009

"Can the UK Avert a Smoking Irish Failure?," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, politics.co.uk, October 29, 2009

"NYC: The City That Never Smokes," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), October 26, 2009

"An Absence of Tobacco Evidence," by Patrick Basham, politics.co.uk, September 11, 2009

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Legal Briefs

IMS Health v. Sorrell, July 14, 2009 (PDF, 234 KB)

Events

"Drug Reimportation: The Free-Market Solution," September 20, 2004 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Resolved: Congress Should Remove the Ban on Drug Reimportation," March 30, 2004 [Policy Forum]

"Drug Reimportation: Time for a Free Market?," October 31, 2003 [Capitol Hill Briefing]




Multimedia

Daily Podcast "Will Sound Science Govern Tobacco Regulation?" featuring Peter Van Doren, June 12, 2009 [Flash Audio, 13:13]

Media Highlight Daniel J. Mitchell discusses tobacco on FBN's Bulls & Bears June 12, 2009 [Flash Video, 06:15]

Media Highlight Michael F. Cannon discusses tobacco on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer June 12, 2009 [Flash Video, 03:04]

Daily Podcast "Everybody's Fuming over E-Cigs" featuring Peter Van Doren, June 5, 2009 [Flash Audio, 08:19]

Daily Podcast "Regulators and Congress Tango on Food Safety" featuring Peter Van Doren, April 28, 2009 [Flash Audio, 13:41]

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