Regulation of ophthalmic ocular hypotensive drug approval in the US over the past 140 years

Legislation passed by the U.S. Congress is often reactive to events, rather than proactive in preventing such events. For example, the Securities and Exchange Acts of 1933 and 1934 requiring financial disclosures were reactive to the “Black Monday” stock market crash of 1929, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 mandating corporate responsibility was reactive to the Enron corporate scandal in 2001. In the same way, much of U.S. Food and Drug Law has been, reactive to public health events.
Source: American Journal of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Source Type: research