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Protecting America’s Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation
by Philip J. Hilts
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003), 394 pp., $26.95

In his engaging new book on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Philip Hilts wears his credentials and his ideology brightly upon a professional lapel. These two factors—Hilts’ experience and his political tilt—compose at once the strengths and weaknesses of this engaging volume.

As to credentials, Hilts is a health and science reporter for the New York Times with more than two decades of experience; he has written some of the best coverage on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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