All Posts Tagged With: "government"
ALERT - PROTECT YOUR HEALTH
The FDA is considering a policy change that would allow pharmaceutical companies to give physicians journal articles that detail off-label uses of drugs, according to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif).
If approved, the FDA proposal “would allow drug and device companies to short-circuit FDA review and approval by sponsoring drug trials that are carefully constructed to deliver [...]
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16Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
The Crime of Tort Reform
Dave Stewart’s 72-year-old mother went to Stanford University Medical Center for double knee-replacement surgery in April. Four days later, she was dead.
To Stewart, an anesthesiologist, it seemed a classic case of medical malpractice. After the operation, his mother developed sharp abdominal pain that she described as “10 on a scale of 1 to 10,” according [...]
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10Jan2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
State Controls Pharmaceutical Influence
Click here to read the entire New York Times article
Two years after Minnesota officials forbade drug makers to give doctors more than $50 worth of food or other gifts per year, drug company sales representatives there are having a far harder time marketing to doctors. The rule change was small and almost accidental — [...]
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18Oct2007 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
States take a Stand Against Overinflated Drug Prices
The state of Iowa joined a number of other states in taking a stand against overly inflated drug prices. Pharmaceutical companies have been very successful convincing the public that the high cost of prescriptions is the result of trial lawyers and frivolous lawsuits. The fact is that pharmaceutical companies over inflate the price [...]
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10Oct2007 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
FDA Takes Next Step in Transformation of its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
The FDA has taken the scathing criticism by the Institute of Medicine to heart and is now taking action to reform the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). The first step in the hopefully multi-step process was to award a $1.5 million two year contract to the Center for Professional Development to help [...]
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9Oct2007 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
FDA Gets a Little Power
Congress took a step in the right direction by passing a bill giving the FDA more money and some new powers. The FDA can now force a pharmaceutical company to change its label [If you didn't know, the FDA couldn't force a company to change its label]. The bill also grants the agency [...]
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28Sep2007 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
A Little Introspection is Good for the Soul
The FDA’s incompetence is outed in a report by the Department of Health and Human Service released today. The DHHS confirms the Institute of Medicine’s earlier criticism of the FDA.
It is apparent from the report that the FDA is overwhelmed and cannot deal with the volume of clinical trials. The F.D.A. has 200 [...]
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28Sep2007 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
