NPR, April 20, 2017. NCHR President Diana Zuckerman says that “the FDA needs to do more to warn patients about the known risks of medical products as soon as data are available,” after it took the FDA 18 months to warn parents children under 12 should not be given prescription medicines that contain codeine or another narcotic, tramadol.
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Right to Try? Or Right to be Exploited Before You Die?
Our Bodies, Ourselves, April 17, 2017. NCHR president asks if you want your loved ones to pay lots of money for the right try a treatment that hasn’t ever been proven to work on any patients at all?
Read More »With a Resume That’s Both Asset and Liability, Scott Gottlieb Preps for FDA Confirmation Hearing
Stat News, April 5, 2017. As his confirmation hearing opens Wednesday for the post of FDA commissioner, Gottlieb’s past experience consulting pharmaceutical executive on how to get through the FDA is an asset but also a concern.
Read More »Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer
Our Bodies Ourselves, March 28, 2017. The FDA now says that breast implants can cause a type of lymphoma (cancer of the immune system) called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), although this link has been seen by experts since as early as 2010.
Read More »FDA Proposal Would Lower Requirements for Some Moderate-Risk Devices
Bloomberg, March 24 2017:The FDA wants to remove safety checks for more than 300 moderate-risk medical devices, like surgical clamps and dentures. Health experts worry this could let unsafe products reach patients without proper testing.
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