Kaiser Health News, November 28, 2016. Beyond the pharmaceutical industry, the bill’s supporters include universities, medical schools and groups representing them, as well as patient groups funded by drug and device companies. “It really is a David and Goliath issue of where the money is,” NCHR president Diana Zuckerman said.
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Consumer Groups Caution Dems on ‘Cures’ Bill
The Hill, November 28, 2016. NCHR president Diana Zuckerman said the bill “makes it much easier to get FDA approval for things that may not work and may not be safe.”
Read More »Conservative and Progressive Experts Join Forces to Expose Under-the-Radar Consequences of 21st Century Cures Act
PR Newswire, November 22, 2016. Experts from opposite ends of the ideological spectrum were united over concern about the 21st Century Cures Act at an emergency briefing in the U.S. Senate yesterday. While highlighting different problems, they agreed that Congress should not rush a closed-door negotiated version of the bill during the lame-duck session.
Read More »Law Firm that Believes FDA is ‘Broken’ Highlights Cures Act Fears
Fierce Biotech, November 23, 2016. We know it’s a top priority for Congress, but a group of panelists speaking at an “emergency briefing” in the U.S. Senate this week hosted by an anti-FDA legal co have urged lawmakers to not “rush a closed-door negotiated version of the bill during the lame-duck session.”
Read More »This Tiny Plastic Implant May Disrupt America’s Opioid Addiction Problem
Motherboard by Vice, November 15, 2016. “I think the big issue is the transition,” said Diana Zuckerman, NCHR President, who was not involved with the trials. “People are going to go from taking pills to using this implant. The implant doesn’t work immediately. It takes a while for it to work and settle into the level that it’s supposed to be. And during that time the person is still going to be taking pills, and that becomes a vulnerable time. How many pills should that person take before the implant is really working, and should they continue to take pills after it’s working?“
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