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Idea #98 for May 27th, 2009: Nowhere To Go But Up or Change at the FDA

health365 wrote 1 month ago: The new leadership at the FDA is promising to change the way the organization operates, along with c … more →

Tags: FDA, CDC, Salmonella, Food Safety, reform, Margaret Hamburg, Food and Drug Administration

NICE says no to three drugs for advanced kidney cancer

Henry Scowcroft wrote 2 months ago: NICE are set to reject three kidney cancer drugs The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excel … more →

Tags: Cancer Treatment, Chemotherapy & Drugs, Kidney, Policy

Spilt the FDA? Not so quick.3 comments

Audrey Spolarich wrote 3 months ago: While it is not getting a great deal of attention in the traditional or new media, the issue of whet … more →

Tags: health, Health Policy, Congress, Daily Bread, Dan Mitchell, DHHS, drug approval process, FDA, FDA split

Legislation Would Give 12 Years Of Market Exclusivity To Brand-Name Biologic Drug Manufacturers

finestitcher wrote 4 months ago: Medical News Today, Article Date: 19 Mar 2009 – 5:00 PDT Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), House Ene … more →

Tags: FDA, Obama Administration

Orion Corporation Withdraws Its Application For An Extension Of Indication for Stalevo (levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone) 1 comment

finestitcher wrote 4 months ago: PharmaLive, March 10, 2009 LONDON, March 10, 2009–The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has bee … more →

Tags: Pharmaceutical Industry, Drug Development, EMEA, European Medicines Agency

Commentary: PITTS/GOLDBERG: Getting it right with modern drugs

finestitcher wrote 4 months ago: The Washington Times, by Peter Pitts and Robert Goldberg,Monday, March 2, 2009 Congress and Presiden … more →

Tags: FDA

NICE recommends Sutent (sunitinib) for advanced kidney cancer7 comments

Henry Scowcroft wrote 5 months ago: NICE has been deliberating over whether to recommend drugs to treat kidney cancer Six months after t … more →

Tags: Cancer Treatment, Chemotherapy & Drugs, Kidney, Policy

NICE meets to decide about kidney cancer drugs - we were there2 comments

Emma Gilgunn-Jones wrote 5 months ago: NICE are deciding whether to fund four new drugs for advanced kidney cancer 35 experts, 7 administra … more →

Tags: Chemotherapy & Drugs, Cancer Treatment, Kidney

The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme - cutting the cost of cancer drugs

Hilary Jackson wrote 6 months ago: A new pricing scheme should lead to cheaper cancer drugs With the New Year upon us and the sound of … more →

Tags: Chemotherapy & Drugs, Policy, Cancer Treatment

Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy

clevercourtier wrote 7 months ago: Greely, Henry, et al. “Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy. … more →

Tags: drugs, methylphenidate, Psychological aspects, enhancement medicine

Whining About the Government5 comments

fakename2 wrote 7 months ago: This is a somewhat misleading title, since I really plan to whine about people who whine about the g … more →

Tags: Politics, Medicine, health, Government, deregulation, pharmaceutical companies, FDA, Avastin, crestor

NCRI session - The cost of cancer care 6 comments

Helen George wrote 9 months ago: One of the sessions at this year’s NCRI conference was on the theme of ‘The cost of canc … more →

Tags: Chemotherapy & Drugs, Policy, quality of life, Cancer Treatment, NCRI conference

Drug authority may require patent for approval of biosimilar drugs1 comment

Prashant wrote 1 year ago: The Hind Business Line reports that the Drug Regulatory Authority in India is “considering a p … more →

Tags: IP, health, Data Protection, fake drugs, Patent, Generics, oppi, Biopharma, Biogeneric

Approval of safe drugs without effectiveness data: is it a real option?

Sitemaster wrote 1 year ago: The biotech investor community and many others have demonstrated profound difficulty in recent years … more →

Tags: Drug approvals and regulation, FDA, safe, Effective, Abigail Alliance, Provenge

Congress Must Act Quickly to Address Growing Crisis At the Food and Drug Administration1 comment

ppjg wrote 1 year ago: Public Citizen’s Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D., Testifies Before House Subcommittee WASHINGTON, D.C. – The F … more →

Tags: Government, FDA, Pharmaceuticals, Drug Deaths, Drug industry, Chinese labratories


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