FDA Procedures Under the Microscope Today
Today at 3:00 p.m., YOU CAN SPEAK TO DIANA LEVINE (WYETH v. LEVINE) ABOUT FEDERAL PREEMPTION. The program is being sponsored by FireDogLake.com. Anyone can go to the site, and click through to follow the conversation. In order to take part in it, according to Christy Hardin Smith, of FireDogLake.com, you need to create a [...]
Sowing the Seeds of Doubt in New Cancer Therapy
UPDATE: Several posts ago, I discussed anti-consumerist legal trends that would ultimately hurt patients in this country. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Reigel v. Medtronic had allowed for the manufacturers of FDA-approved medical devices to escape state court lawsuits through federal preemption of such patients’ claims. And, as noted in the earlier post, FDA [...]
If Patient Information Is Good For Your Health, Why Is It Being Withheld?
There can be no question that the sharing of information positively influences the quality of medical care, whether that care is being provided by a top hospital in New York or Boston, or by a country doctor in a remote area of Appalachia. The sharing might occur through an article in a medical journal, such [...]