Politico, June 11, 2021: Dr. Diana Zuckerman speaks with Politico on the impact that the newly approved Alzheimer’s drug will have on Democratic senators.
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Teens are worried about wrinkles. Here’s how Gen Z is helping to fuel a beauty boom
CNN, May 6, 2021: While teens are increasingly spending time and money to prevent wrinkles, experts are concerned about the premature demand for more invasive treatments.
Read More »Biden’s ‘end cancer’ pledge begs for environmental oversight
E&E News, May 4, 2021: President Biden pledged last week to “end cancer as we know it,” a bold promise focused on boosting funding to the National Institutes of Health for a special Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health. But public health experts who have spent their careers examining environmental causes of cancer say it may not be possible to truly stop cancer without EPA stepping in.
Read More »To Stay: Two More Cancer Indications With ‘Dangling Approvals’
Medscape News, April 29, 2021: Two more cancer indications that had been granted accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are going to stay in place, at least for now. This was the verdict after the second day of a historic 3-day meeting (April 27–29) and follows a similar verdict from day one.
Read More »FDA Scrutinizes Pricey Cancer Drugs
Politico Pulse, April 28, 2021: Will FDA maintain approval for cancer drugs that are proven to not work? We were hoping for a reckoning, but that doesn’t seem likely as the doctors on the FDA Advisory panel tell FDA that they are hopeful that the drugs will eventually be proven to work.
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