Health Affairs Blog, January 25, 2013. Antibiotic resistance is a major concern confronting our health care system, and there is tremendous pressure on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “do something” about it. Unfortunately, the FDA is responding by approving drugs that are likely to do more harm than good.
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Metal Hip Implants Face Tighter Controls
Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2013. Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families, said: “There are so many shortcuts at the FDA device center that they often take a shortcut and approve a product with minimal safety testing.”
Read More »Interview With Dr. Diana Zuckerman on the Dangers of Anti-psychotic Drug Overuse in Nursing Homes
Healthcare Policy Podcast, December 21, 2012. During this 30 minute interview, Dr. Zuckerman discusses the long-standing and widespread overuse or misuse of anti-psychotics in medicating nursing home residents.
Read More »J&J Bedaquline and the Evolving Role for Accelerated Approval: Confirming Safety, Not Efficacy?
FDA Beat, December 4, 2012. Discussions during an advisory committee review Janssen’s TB drug bedaquiline showed some interesting thinking around accelerated approval and how much uncertainty can be acceptable—especially when it comes to safety. Yttri warned called “approval of drugs based on the promise of benefit” a “dangerous practice.”
Read More »No Need for Skin Preps to Be Sterile, FDA Told
MedPage Today, December 13, 2012. Requiring that antiseptic skin preparation products be sterile — a standard not currently mandated by the FDA — is unnecessary and wouldn’t produce a dramatic drop in infections, manufacturers, clinicians, and policy analysts told the FDA Wednesday. “We need to have better communication that a product is not sterile,” Dr. Jennifer Yttri said, adding that could come from product labeling.
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