The Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2016. Patient-safety advocates, including the National Center for Health Research, warn that the bills would weaken the FDA’s ability to ensure devices’ safety.
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Senate HELP Innovate-A-Palooza
Politico, March 9, 2016. The National Center for Health Research is concerned that the Innovation Act, including the MEDTECH bill, will endanger patient safety by reducing FDA oversight.
Read More »PhRMA: Easing Speech Limits Could Reduce Need for Subgroups in Trials
InsideHealthPolicy.com, March 7, 2016. While minority, patient and consumer groups pushed for more diversity in the clinical trial phase, Jocelyn Ulrich director of scientific and regulatory affairs at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), said matching demographic subgroups based on sex, age and race, specifically the African American and Hispanic populations, to disease prevalence would extend phase III clinical trials by 20 months or longer.
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Portland Tribune, March 3, 2016. If he were playing it safe, Dr. Vinay Prasad might be among the last to turn into a medical provocateur. Prasad’s outspokenness and willingness to criticize industrywide assumptions place him in the ranks of a small but influential group of physicians and researchers who are either having an impact on the way medicine is practiced in the United States, or tilting at windmills.
Read More »Abortion Clinics vs. Cosmetic Surgery Centers: Which Are Safer for Women?
Our Bodies Ourselves Blog, March 4, 2016. The Supreme Court is trying to decide if regulating most abortion clinics out of existence places an undue burden on women’s access to safe and legal medical care. If legislators really want to protect women’s health, I want them to know that they can protect many more women, including many of their friends and loved ones, from far more dangerous medical procedures.
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