Chicago Tribune and 18 other newspapers, March 16-20, 2017. All terminally ill U.S. patients already have a right to try experimental drugs. The proposed new law is much more dangerous to all patients, and not just those facing fatal illness. Here’s why.
March 9, 2017. The goal of the American Health Care Act is to replace the ACA with something better, but instead it represents a giant step backward for health care.
Bloomberg Politics, March 10, 2017. While Gottlieb has focused on easing regulations, he “understands the agency and has some respect for it,” Diana Zuckerman, CPTF president, said in an interview before the news that Gottlieb is the leading candidate.
Many FDA approved cancer drugs have offered patients only marginal benefits, with no evidence that they improve survival or quality of life
Diana Zuckerman, Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund President, comments on how the FDA and high drug prices could be negatively affected by the hiring freeze, despite President Donald Trump emphasizing the need for lowering “astronomical” drug prices to pharmaceutical executives.