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Una S. Ryan

Setting standards for biologics

By Una S. Ryan
June 11, 2007

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AS AMERICAN families face the rapidly escalating costs of staying healthy, health care industry experts and politicians each year have brought proposals to the forefront to take pressure off increasing costs. One key milestone for controlling costs was an action taken by Congress in 1984 dramatically changing the generic drug approval process. This legislation, the Hatch-Waxman bill, expanded the number ... (Full article: 654 words)

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