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.
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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.
Read More »Ban on the Sale of Crib Bumper Pads Adopted by Maryland
Death by Medicine
Huffington Post, November 2012. NRC President Dr. Diana Zuckerman calls for closing loopholes in FDA rules in this guest post on the Huffington Post.
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