Making sure medicines are safe &$1effective - KFDA NewsChannel 10
Area doctors and students are finding out more ways to ensure drugs are safe and effective. They went to a presentation by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Associate Dean of Research at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Dr. Thomas Hale says, "We have the safest drugs in the world right here in America. And it's largely due to the efforts of the Food and Drug Administration. And so this lady was here to tell us just how they do that. And how our students could sort of do this work as well."
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