The New York Times, September 27, 2016. Public anger over the cost of medical products has burned hot for a year, coursing through social media, popping up on the presidential campaign, and erupting in a series of congressional hearings, including one last week over the rising price of the allergy treatment EpiPen.
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FDA Approves Muscular Dystrophy Drug That Patients Lobbied For
The New York Times, September 19, 2016. The Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat patients with the most common childhood form of muscular dystrophy. The agency’s approval went against the recommendation of FDA experts and the agency’s independent Advisory Committee. “The agency has set a dangerous precedent,” said Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research.
Read More »FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Sarepta Muscular Dystrophy Drug Eteplirsen
Tech Times, September 20, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug for treating patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. “The agency has set a dangerous precedent,” said National Center for Health Research president Diana Zuckerman. “To prove something works, you have to compare it to something else — a placebo or a treatment. They didn’t do that.”
Read More »FDA Approves First Drug to Treat Rare Form of Muscular Dystrophy
Kaiser Health News, September 19, 2016. The Food and Drug Administration Monday approved the first drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare and lethal muscle weakening disorder that affects about 15,000 Americans. Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research, said “it sets a dangerous precedent if the FDA is going to start approving drugs that aren’t compared to anything.”
Read More »Did the FDA Set ‘a Dangerous Precedent’ With Its Latest Drug Approval?
STAT, September 19, 2016. The approval sets “a dangerous precedent,” said Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research. “A decade from now, will we look back at this approval as a turning point when the FDA ceased to function as a public health agency?”
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