May 9, 2017. Good afternoon. I appreciate the opportunity to address this distinguished panel and our FDA participants. I’m Jack Mitchell, director of government relations for the National Center for Health Research (NCHR). We conduct research, use research data to inform public policy, and advocate for safe and effective medical products. NCHR accepts no pharmaceutical or medical device industry money, and therefore I have no conflicts to report.
National Center for Health Research’s Comments on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s Draft Recommendation Statement on Prostate Cancer Screening Thank you for the opportunity to express our views on the draft recommendations for prostate cancer screening. The National Center for Health Research is a nonprofit think tank that conducts, analyzes, and scrutinizes research, policies, […]
April 12, 2017. Based on its previous review, the USPSTF recommended risk assessment, genetic testing, and counseling for women with a family history of clinically important mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes.
April 19, 2017. In their previous recommendation, USPSTF found that treatment with tamoxifen or raloxifene was beneficial for a subpopulation of women at increased risk. However, these treatments only slightly reduced the occurrence of invasive breast cancer in these women and came with serious risks
We respectfully urge you to not advance the Senate’s Innovation for Healthier Americans bills or the House’s 21st Century Cures Act during the lame duck session of Congress. While the House version of the legislation provides additional funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), both the House and the Senate versions contain more controversial measures which would lower safety and approval standards for drugs and medical devices at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
These are the materials from the Senate briefing we hosted on March 4, 2016 with the Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition titled “Innovation for Healthier Americans: The Impact of Proposed Health Bills on Patients & Consumers”.