[Controversial expertise. The "Scientific Advisory Committee for Drug Safety" and its role in drug regulation in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1968-1976]. / Umstrittene Expertise. Der Beirat "Arzneimittelsicherheit" in der bundesdeutschen Arzneimittelregulierung 1968-1976.

The article focuses on the "Scientific Advisory Committee for Drug Safety" of the Federal Ministry of Health. Highlighting the role this committee played in West Germany's policy on medicinal drugs, it shows how drug regulation during this period shifted from expert committees to a larger public consisting of media, pressure groups of alternative medicine and politicians.