The Need to Establish a Common Base Linefor the Characteristics of Safety Withdrawalof Prescription Drugs from WorldwidePharmaceutical Markets

So often at conferences or in introductions to papers certain facts are stated that headline the dangersof pharmaceutical agents and why certain areas of work should be prioritised. such statements areuseful, but only if they are well researched and their validity as can be established. if not they becomeunder-researched dogma, which unfortunately gains status simply by its repetition. this editorial isa plea to toxicologists, clinical pharmacologists and drug metabolism scientists to try to establish adocumented link to primary literature material. similarly when research is conducted in these areascertain controls and conditions are applied.