Carcinogenic risk of products used in the pharmaceutical and related industries

The pharmaceutical industry is perhaps most subject to rules and regulations in the majority of countries. Legislation in France in this regard is flexible and relatively easily adaptable; in addition, the pharmaceutical industry has established its own ground rules. One of these requires that a product be harmless under normal conditions of use; carcinogenicity checks are only mandatory under certain conditions. If they were to be made compulsory, a less unwieldy test system would be required. The use to which a product is put should be taken into consideration in regulating it.