KIN 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ivan Illich, Botulinum Toxin, Health Canada
14 Apr 2016
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Week#5 the pharmaceutical industry (february 3, 2016) lecture summary notes. Class outline: the life cycle of a drug, sociological critiques of the pharmaceutical industry, documentary: big bucks, big pharma (2006, tutorials. After tonight"s lecture/documentary and having read chapter#14, you should be able to: Identify and explain the life cycle of a drug. 1: name and explain the four key sociological critiques of the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceuticals introduction: pharmaceuticals are an essential element of modern medicine and when used appropriately can be of great value in maintaining and restoring health (lexchin, 2012, p. 278). **see textbook page 278 for some of the important contributions the pharmaceutical industry has made to human health** **see textbook pages 278-284 regarding the characteristics of the pharmaceutical industry** What if unintended effects are discovered: panapathogen negative unintended effects leads to either an advisory or the withdrawal of the drug from the market. **see table 2. 1 in textbook page 27**
