Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Postmarketing Surveillance, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Health Canada
14 Jul 2016
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A term used to describe a collection of government and government-controlled institutions within a country. Including: the parliament (government and opposition parties), the public sector bureaucracy, the judiciary, the military, and the police. The research phase where the basic discoveries are made about how cells function and about human physiology. This type of research lays the groundwork for further work in developing new molecules (drugs) that affect these functions. The industry does not stand in isolation; it is intimately intertwined with the state through a number of relationships: The public sector does much of the basic research that leads to the development of new medicines. The government has established a set of elaborate regulations that must be met before new medicines are allowed onto the market. Legislation means that only select groups of professionals (doctors, dentists, and in some cases optometrists, nurse practitioners, podiatrists, and midwives) can prescribe medicines, and another professional, a pharmacist, has to dispense.
