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.
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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.
Read More »Conflicts Galore: Upcoming Accelerated Approval Cancer Panel Includes Many Industry Relationships
Pink Sheet, April 21, 2021. Six members of the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee had conflicts of interest requiring waivers to participate in the agency’s April 2021 meeting to review whether 3 cancer drugs should have their indications for late-stage breast cancer, bladder cancer, and gastric cancer removed from the market due to lack of evidence that they are effective.
Read More »4 in 10 Adults Over 50 Consult Online Reviews When Picking a Doctor
HealthDay, April 14, 2021. Finding a new doctor can be a daunting task. For help, many older adults turn to online reviews, a new study finds. In fact, many people rate online reviews as highly as they would a recommendation from friends and family when picking a doctor. Dr. Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research, said that choosing a doctor is a complex undertaking.
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