Fierce Biotech, July 10, 2015. Lawmakers in the House easily passed the 21st Century Cures Act today, a big step toward once again shaking up the legal framework built to guide drug development in the U.S. while significantly boosting the amount of funding that flows to the NIH. Consumer advocates, though, see the new development regulations as a recipe for unleashing drugs and devices that would later prove dangerous and unhelpful.
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House Passes ‘Cures’ Bill to Hasten Drugs to Market
Medscape, July 10, 2015. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill designed to speed up the development and approval of new drugs and medical devices. “The bill greatly benefits the pharmaceutical industry [and] medical device manufacturers,” said Diana Zuckerman.
Read More »This Bill Promises to Speed Up Drug Approval So Much That It’s Making People Uncomfortable
The Washington Post, July 8, 2015. The bill slated to land on the House floor on Thursday seems unassailable on its face – the 21st Century Cures legislation promises to modernize medicine and speed the development of lifesaving treatments. But a vocal chorus of physicians and pharmaceutical industry watchdogs warn that the bill is full of stealth provisions that could actually put sick people in harm’s way, by speeding the development of treatments that are neither safe nor effective.
Read More »The REAL Threat to Women’s Health
Huffington Post, June 9, 2015. Given the higher death rate from cosmetic surgery and the much larger number of women undergoing cosmetic surgeries and procedures, why is it that the legislators in Texas, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Dakota, and so many other states are so concerned about the safety of abortion clinics?
Read More »Breasts, Buttocks and Botox – the Surprising Trends in Plastic Surgery
Euro News, June 4, 2015. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) released the detailed figures on cosmetic surgery in 2014, and Euronews outlined seven surprising trends from the US.
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