Member publishes book about medical-device safety

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, a member of the National Press Club, has just published a book: Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Safety: A Study in Public and Private Regulation through Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.

Chakraborty and co-author Dr. Sonia Macleod conducted extensive research as part of the program on civil justice systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University, examining the most striking cases of drug and medical-device controversies and recalls following the 1962 Thalidomide scandal.

The book includes 35 case studies on major liability cases involving medicines and medical device injuries to determine whether the safety signal came from litigation, medical professionals, or the pharmacovigilance system. This book examines how well patient safety is protected by public and private regulation, and how these systems have evolved through the decades.

The book can be purchased through the publisher's website and Club members receive a 20 percent discount with the code CV7 at checkout.