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
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Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith
Aug 10, 20172 min
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
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Who What Why, Celia Wexler
Jul 31, 20172 min
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
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The Washington Post, Jennifer Block
Jul 26, 20173 min
The Battle Over Essure
Women using the "permanent contraceptive" device called Essure are experiencing health problems, such as bad toothaches & head
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Bloomberg BNA, Mike Stankiewicz
Jul 12, 20172 min
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
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The New York Times, Sheila Kaplan
Jul 10, 20172 min
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
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The Washington Post, Nicole Van Groningen
Jun 16, 20172 min
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.
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Drugwatch, Michelle Llamas
Jun 8, 20172 min
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
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Medscape, Robert Lowes
Jun 2, 20172 min
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.
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Modern Healthcare, Mara Lee and Virgil Dickson
May 22, 20172 min
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
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The New York Times, Denise Grady
May 22, 20172 min
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
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Kaiser Health News, Sidney Lupkin
May 17, 20171 min
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
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Chicago Tribune, Grace Wong
May 2, 20172 min
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
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Joshua M. Sharfstein
Apr 28, 20172 min
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
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STAT News, Ed Silverman
Apr 1, 20172 min
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
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Health Affairs Blog, Ellen Sigal
Mar 20, 20172 min
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
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MedPage Today
Mar 20, 20171 min
Analysis: Reports of drug side effects increase fivefold in 12 years
More than 1 million reports of drug side effects were filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2015, a fivefold increase since 20
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STAT News, Renee M. Landers
Mar 20, 20172 min
Scott Gottlieb’s fervor for deregulation could harm patients
The Senate will soon begin the process of considering President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who has close professional and fin
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The Cancer Letter, Matthew Bin Han Ong
Feb 27, 20171 min
GAO: Power morcellation is a unique case study in patient harm
Power morcellators likely contributed to injury and deaths of hundreds of women, according to a new study by the Government Accountability O
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National Public Radio, Richard Harris
Feb 27, 20171 min
Advice from patients on a study's design makes for better science
Robert Comis describes the success of the NCI-MATCH trial and involving patient advocates in the process.
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