The Author notes that a variety of factors have contributed to the scientific community's deliberate exclusion of African-Americans from certain types of clinical studies and to the understandable reluctance of African-Americans to participate in clinical research. Part II of this Article...

Part I of this Article evaluates the pre-approval and post-approval regulatory framework governing prescription drugs, and the FDA's spontaneous reporting system for adverse events, as it contrasts that system with the regulatory mechanisms used to monitor risks associated with other products....

This Article provides an overview of Institutional Review Board (IRB) operations, reviews the sources of regulatory guidance, and examines the weaknesses of the existing system for the protection of human research subjects. It then discusses the scant case law relating to IRB negligence in the...

This Article evaluates the constitutionality of a representative series of congressional proposals to limit tobacco advertising. Federal legislation codifying the tobacco settlement included possible restrictions on outdoor advertising, a prohibition on the use of cartoon images, permitting only...

Dietary supplements -- vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and sundry other substances -- have soared in popularity over the past decade, resulting in a $20 billion industry with over 1,000 manufacturers marketing 29,000 products. These products present vexing regulatory challenges for the...

A significant body of evidence suggests that minority race adversely affects the quantity and quality of health care provided to minority patients. Although no one has documented systemic overt racism among health care providers, persistent inequities in the delivery of health care services pose...

The Author reviews the book "Human Rights and Healthcare," by Elizabeth Wicks, published by Hart Publishing, 2007. Although the book focuses mainly on rights within the United Kingdom, those familiar with healthcare and bioethics issues within the United States or elsewhere will find it an...

Children deserve optimal medical care. Although prescription drugs play a prominent and essential role in pediatric health care delivery, health care providers often must make prescribing decisions for their young patients based on imperfect or absent safety and efficacy data for pediatric...

In all four of the Articles that form this Symposium, the Authors identify troubling disparities and injustices in our healthcare system and suggest strategies to ameliorate these problems. Sadly, the reforms of the Obama administration will probably do little to address these issues directly....

The Author reviews Michele Goodwin’s book Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts, published by Cambridge University Press, 2006. The book discusses the shortage of cadaveric organs available for transplantation. It argues that the shortage disproportionately impacts racial...