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Essay: the political logic of regulatory error.

Carpenter D, Ting MM

Department of Government, 1737 Cambridge St, CGIS N405, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. dcarpenter@latte.harvard.edu

Regulatory error is an issue that has come to the fore following the withdrawal of rofecoxib (Vioxx; Merck) a year ago. Here, we provide a theoretical discussion of the factors that could influence regulatory error, drawing on the Vioxx episode in particular as a possible example of error, and consider the implications for future regulatory policy.

Published 14 October 2005 in Nat Rev Drug Discov, 4(10): 819-23.
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