Proposal #2

On the first proposal of my research, I wasn’t sure on how narrow the topic should be. At first, I thought about researching the FDA drug regulation, how they regulate drugs, the system, their work itself, and the authority they possess. Additionally, to that, I wanted to incorporate a comparison between the FDA and the European German E Commission, who is also a government program that regulates drugs like the FDA. The problem with this approach is that I won’t be able to convey the main idea from my research, I should just focus on one aspect and the topic is “how do FDA regulates our drugs”.

The FDA (Food Drug Administration) is a fascinating organization that regulates most of our commodities purchases, such as food, drugs, equipment that has a connection to public safety and health concern. I wanted to explore the drug administration part, because of medicine. We as a human beings depend on medicine, we utilized them when we need them to treat illnesses. I wanted to know how FDA approve drugs, what are the steps and requirements for the procedure, and what does it count as a safety drug?

Steps and approach of my research:  

Ø  First is the introduction of FDA, the system itself but only at the drug department, and what rights do they hold (a little bit about policies).

Ø  Drug regulation:

·         The approval and steps.

·         What kind of rubrics do pharmacists have to follow in order to commodify their drugs.

·         How FDA make their decision when the case is on 50/50, I’m referring to 50 positive and 50 negative effect.

Ø  Do FDA test the drugs or is just based on the company research.

Ø  What are the penalization.

Ø  Last, maybe the future of FDA and what kind of approach and innovation they are leading, what steps they are taking, and what changes they are making?