Peter Howard Rheinstein (born September 7, 1943) is an American

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, and

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(both private and governmental). He was an official of the

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(FDA) 1974-1999.

Education

Rheinstein, a

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Scholar, received a

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with high honors from

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in 1963, an

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in mathematics from Michigan State University in 1964, an

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from

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in 1967, and a J.D. from the

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in 1973. At

Rheinstein was noted for his facility in mathematics.

Food and Drug Administration

Rheinstein was director of the Drug Advertising and Labeling Division,

, Rockville, 1974-1982; he was acting deputy director Office of Drugs, 1982–83, acting director Office of Drugs; 1983–84, director Office of Drug Standards, 1984–90, director medicine staff Office Health Affairs, 1990-99. While at FDA Rheinstein developed precedents for Food and Drug Administration regulation of prescription drug promotion, initiated FDA’s first patient medication information program; implemented the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, and authored medication goals for Healthy People 2000 and 2010.

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interviewed Rheinstein about generic drug safety on the McNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, 11 Dec 1985.

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interviewed Rheinstein about drug labeling on

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, March 31, 1992.

Later career

From 1999 – 2004, Rheinstein was senior vice president for medical and clinical affairs, Cell Works, Inc., Baltimore. Among other projects, Cell Works wanted to develop a blood test for anthrax, similar to a system for cancer cells it produced. "It's something that companies like ours can incorporate into our diagnostic technology," Rheinstein told the

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. Biodefense projects "create new technologies, the spin-offs of which can be commercialized into some pretty good things." In 2000 Rheinstein became president of Severn Health Solutions in Severna Park, Maryland. In 2010 Rheinstein was named president of the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research and in 2011 was named chairman of the

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. Rheinstein was named chairman of the

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s Council in 2012. Rheinstein is a member of

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, and vice-president of the Intercultural Friends Foundation. Rheinstein is publisher of

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and chairman of MedData Foundation. He is president-elect of the Academy of Medicine of Washington, DC. Sarah Gonzalez interviewed Rheinstein for

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, ''This is Your Brain on Drug Ads'', 8 Sept 2021.

Publications

*Co-author
''Human Organ Transplantation: Societal, Medical-Legal, Regulatory, and Reimbursement Issues.''
Health Administration Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1987. *special editorial advisor, ''Good Housekeeping Guide to Medicines and Drugs'', 1977–80 *member editorial board ''Legal Aspects Medical Practice'', 1981–89 *member editorial board ''Drug Information Journal'', 1982–86 *publisher of

, 2001-

External links

Peter Rheinstein on Avvo.comPeter Rheinstein's biography from ''Who's Who in America''
*Peter Rheinstein's recent AMA House of Delegate Articles Peter Rheinstein AMA HOUSE OF DELEGATES APCR DELEGATE’S REPORT JUNE 7, 2020
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Peter Rheinstein publications on Google ScholarPeter Rheinstein publications on Google BooksPeter Rheinstein publications on PubMedJudy Woodruff interviews Peter Rheinstein about generic drug safety on the McNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, 11 Dec 1985Stone Phillips interviews Peter Rheinstein about drug labeling, Dateline NBC, March 31, 1992Sarah Gonzalez interviews Peter Rheinstein for Planet Money, ''This is Your Brain on Drug Ads'', 8 Sept 2021Peter Rheinstein. House drug bill dooms medical research. Detroit News 20 Nov 2019Peter Rheinstein. Research protections will beat crises like COVID-19. Columbus Dispatch 11 Aug 2020FHS student completes summer science course. Farmington Enterprise 8 Sept 1960Peter Rheinstein's biography from ''American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today’s Leaders in Physical, Biological and Related Sciences(Vol. 12. 36th ed. 2018)''

References

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