The Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2014. In response to a law passed two years ago, the FDA was directed to assess the extent to which women and minorities are represented in clinical trials and also devise a plan to bolster their participation. The requirement was made in response to concerns that drugs and devices may often be used by subsets of the population on whom the products were not actually tested.
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AIDS Activist Takes Up a New Fight: Defending FDA
Associated Press, June 12, 2014. This article quotes Gregg Gonsalves’ testimony at the Senate briefing hosted by the National Center for Health Research on June 12, 2014.
Read More »Johnson & Johnson Praised for Taking Uterine Surgery Tools Off Market
The New York Times, July 31, 2014. Johnson & Johnson, which has come under withering criticism for its response to problems with some of its medical devices, won cautious praise from critics on Thursday for its decision to withdraw three products used in uterine surgery because of a risk of spreading cancerous tissue, only months after the safety issue became widely known.
Read More »Big Data Peeps at Your Medical Records to Find Drug Problems
NPR, July 21, 2014. No one likes it when a new drug in people’s medicine cabinets turns out to have problems — just remember the Vioxx debacle a decade ago, when the painkiller was removed from the market over concerns that it increased the risk of heart attack and stroke. To do a better job of spotting unforeseen risks and side effects, the Food and Drug Administration is trying something new — and there’s a decent chance that it involves your medical records.
Read More »Women’s Cancer Risk Raises Doubts About FDA Oversight
Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2014. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration database that catalogs medical-device problems holds thousands of entries on a tool called a laparoscopic power morcellator, used since the 1990s.
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