MedPage Today, November 9, 2016 – “I’m not sure what will happen to the Affordable Care Act.” NCHR President Diana Zuckerman noted that full repeal of Obamacare would be hard with so many people now relying on it, many of whom live in red states.
Actress Elisabeth Rohm joins the fight against cancer by filming a public service announcement in support of the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund!
ConsumerAffairs, October 27, 2016 – Diana Zuckerman, President of the National Center for Health Research, said about the FDA’s new site soliciting allegations of abuse in the medical device industry: “[W]ill it make a difference? Will the FDA finally stop treating device companies like their favorite customers and remember that patients and consumers are their most important customers? …More importantly, will FDA finally decide that they will no longer allow device companies to ignore patient safety?”
Is the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process broken? At a HUBweek panel hosted by STAT, experts explored that question in light of the FDA’s decision last week to approve a controversial drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare disease.
STAT, September 30, 2016
Friday, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that will briefly extend a voucher program that rewards drug makers for rare pediatric medicines