title: Clinical trials of drugs from the viewpoint of the academic investigator (a satire).
abstract: Dr. Lasagna was unable to attend the workshop in person, and therefore delivered his remarks by videotape, in the assumed role of the newest "Secretary of Human Experimentation" at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare addressing a public television audience. There is no difficulty in sensing the serious truths underlying the satire in his address.
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic