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Book review: The Law and Regulation of Medicines and Medical Devices, Second Edition

09 December 2021 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7960 / Categories: Features
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"There is a wealth of information and education on offer. Litigators will join the medics and the researchers in lapping them up"

Author: Peter Feldschreiber

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780192847546

RRP: £150


Things have moved on since the first century BC when physicians who strayed from the practice rule book which they and their ancestors had written were subjected to trial under penalty of death. Arguably, a multi-track before a QBD judge for allegedly doing what no body of colleagues would have done is only a marginally preferable outcome. And how this work has moved on since its first edition five years ago. I reviewed it then. I confess I did not jump at the opportunity. Its subject matter struck me as no more compelling than the history of local unitary authorities’ drainage systems. Titles can be deceptive. It was a fascinating read and unique in drawing together the threads of medico-pharmaceutical law in one place. And now, like all second editions, bigger and

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