Medicines legislation and regulation in England, 1500--2020
- Robin Ferner,
- Jeffrey Aronson
Robin Ferner
City Hospital
Corresponding Author:r.e.ferner@bham.ac.uk
Author ProfileJeffrey Aronson
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Author ProfileAbstract
The initial purposes of regulation of medicines in England were
principally to raise government revenue, to discourage murder by
poisoning, and to regulate the activities of pharmacists. It was only
much later that regulators sought to ensure that medicines were of good
quality, reasonably safe, and at least somewhat effective, and to
regulate misuse of drugs. Here we survey the history of the regulation
of medicines and poisons in England from the perspective of clinicians
with an interest in therapeutics.06 Apr 2022Submitted to British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 09 Apr 2022Submission Checks Completed
09 Apr 2022Assigned to Editor
13 Apr 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
25 Jul 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
27 Jul 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
01 Aug 20221st Revision Received
02 Aug 2022Submission Checks Completed
02 Aug 2022Assigned to Editor
02 Aug 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
08 Aug 2022Editorial Decision: Accept