Legal Reader, June 28, 2016. Three important pieces of legislation, one introduced last year and two introduced this month, could change the way certain women’s health issues are handled. These women’s health bills are now in Committee.
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Faster Drug Approval: Winners and Losers
HealthZette, June 28, 2016. By the time a drug is approved by the Federal Drug Administration, it’s been through extensive human clinical trials. There are so many obstacles to greenlighting any new medication or treatment, in fact, that it seems like it can take forever — with countless lives lost in the meantime.
Read More »Ikea Will Stop Selling a Dresser Cited in the Deaths of Three Children
Fortune, June 28, 2016. Ikea will stop selling one of its most iconic items after the Malm dresser was cited in the deaths of three children who were crushed under the chest in the past two years.
Read More »Republicans Seize on Reports Critiquing FDA to Push for Agency Reforms
STAT, June 15, 2016. Has Congress’s watchdog agency just given Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander the ammunition he needs to push a stalled biomedical reform through the Senate? The Government Accountability Office on Wednesday issued two critical reports suggesting that the Food and Drug Administration isn’t properly planning how to keep pace with medical science.
Read More »21st Century Cures Act Nears Passage with Little News Media Scrutiny
Health News Review, June 13, 2016. With the exception of STAT News, a few other mainstream media outlets, and some boosterish op-eds appearing in local papers, the news media haven’t said much about the 21st Century Cures Act over the past 6 months. It’s fair to say most Americans are in the dark about that far-reaching bill passed by the House of Representatives last summer and now winding its way through the Senate.
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