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USA Patient Network Joins Patient Advocates in Joint Response to FDA Regarding Materials Used in Im
Patient Advocates’ Comments to the FDA on Metals in Implants Immunology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice...
Linda Radach and Lisa McGiffert
Dec 17, 201913 min read
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How the FDA Handles Recalls of Life-Saving Implants Could Put People at Risk, Patients Say
Jonesboro resident Geraldine Robinson is one of millions of Americans who use an implanted medical device to improve, and possibly extend...
Nicole Carr, WSBTV
May 20, 20193 min read
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USA Patient Network Responds to Right To Try Legislation
We believe that there is no need for the proposed Right To Try Legislation (RTT). A pathway to such access already exists through the FDA’s
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Feb 26, 20183 min read
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A Suicide Leaves Grief and Tough Questions About an Antidepressant
Wendy Dolin believes that a drug her husband was taking, an antidepressant called Paxil, played a role in his suicide by triggering a side e
The New York Times, Roni Caryn Rabin
Sep 11, 20173 min read
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Libertarians Score Big Victory in "Right-To-Try" Drug Bill
“You have a situation where patients think they want to take a risk and don’t necessarily understand what risk they are taking," said D
Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith
Aug 10, 20172 min read
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When Toxic Politics Clash With Toxic Chemicals
The chemical industry, while paying “lip service” to the new law, which it publicly supported, is now trying to “slow walk implementation an
Who What Why, Celia Wexler
Jul 31, 20172 min read
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The Battle Over Essure
Women using the "permanent contraceptive" device called Essure are experiencing health problems, such as bad toothaches & head
The Washington Post, Jennifer Block
Jul 26, 20173 min read
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FDA Eases Notice Requirement on More Than 1,000 Medical Devices
“In addition to risks to patients, these FDA actions mean even less information about the devices that will be available to doctors and thei
Bloomberg BNA, Mike Stankiewicz
Jul 12, 20172 min read
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FDA Deal Would Relax Rules on Reporting Medical Device Problems
“It often takes months or even years for the F.D.A. to detect patterns of failure,” said Jack Mitchell, director of health policy for the Na
The New York Times, Sheila Kaplan
Jul 10, 20172 min read
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Big Pharma Gives Your Doctor Gifts and Then Your Doctor Prescribes Their Drugs For You
Doctors who accept visits and gifts from pharmaceutical reps are more likely to be biased in which drugs they prescribe.
The Washington Post, Nicole Van Groningen
Jun 16, 20172 min read
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USA Patient Network Supports Establishing Office of Patient Affairs at FDA
In accomplishing the goal of developing a nuanced understanding of the patient experience by disease, it is critical that any future Office
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Jun 12, 20173 min read
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Misplaced Trust: Why FDA Approval Doesn’t Guarantee Drug Safety
“FDA approval is based on evidence — provided by the company that makes the medical product — that the benefits of the product outweigh the
Drugwatch, Michelle Llamas
Jun 8, 20172 min read
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Amy Reed, MD, Morcellator Opponent, Dies of Uterine Cancer
Dr Reed, a mother of six, underwent the hysterectomy at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, to remove fibroid tumors.
Medscape, Robert Lowes
Jun 2, 20172 min read
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Trump budget would cut $636 billion from HHS agencies
“I have never known Congress that enthusiastically cut NIH funding,” she said. But she’s less sanguine about the fate of the Centers for Dis
Modern Healthcare, Mara Lee and Virgil Dickson
May 22, 20172 min read
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A Shocking Diagnosis: Breast Implants ‘Gave Me Cancer’
Women who have had the lymphoma say that the attention is long overdue, that too few women have been informed of the risk and that those wit
The New York Times, Denise Grady
May 22, 20172 min read
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Faster FDA Approval But More Safety Issues
“All too often, patients and clinicians mistakenly view FDA approval as [an] indication that a product is fully safe and effective,” he said
Kaiser Health News, Sidney Lupkin
May 17, 20171 min read
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Patient Network Member Wins Against Pharma
"None of us here are anti-drug. That's not the issue," Dolin added, "but we are patient advocates and we hope that people
Chicago Tribune, Grace Wong
May 2, 20172 min read
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Déjà Vu at the FDA
There is an American tendency to equate scientific review with bureaucratic delay. But it is this review that distinguishes what works from
Joshua M. Sharfstein
Apr 28, 20172 min read
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Here’s one drug safety rule the FDA should enact — quickly
Next month, the Food and Drug Administration is likely to miss another target date for implementing a rule to improve generic drug safety. I
STAT News, Ed Silverman
Apr 1, 20172 min read
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How Do We Protect Patients From False Promises In Right-To-Try Laws?
Legislation before Congress seeks to grant all terminally ill patients the “Right to Try” experimental therapies once approved alternatives
Health Affairs Blog, Ellen Sigal
Mar 20, 20172 min read
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