Posts tagged drugs

• Should the FDA remove weight-loss drugs like Alli from the market?

  Wayne Parsons | July 31, 2011 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Weight loss drugs sometimes contain a compound called orlistat [(S)-((S)-1-((2S,3S)-3-hexyl-4-oxooxetan-2-yl)tridecan-2-yl) 2-formamido-4-methylpentanoate] that inhibits fat absorption. When you...

• Why Doesn't The FDA Follow Untested Drugs?

  Wayne Parsons | October 26, 2009 1:51 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) questions why the FDA has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend...

• FDA finalizes rules allowing patients greater access to experimental drugs.

  Wayne Parsons | August 16, 2009 1:47 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bloomberg News (8/13, Randall) reports that new regulations posted on the FDA's website Wednesday will grant seriously ill patients greater access to experimental drugs. The FDA said the rules let...

• Suicide spurs investigation of "chemical restraints" in Florida foster care system.

  Wayne Parsons | May 29, 2009 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Miami Herald (5/29) reports, Nearly three of 10 teenage Florida foster children have been prescribed a mental-health drug, and 73 foster kids younger than 6 are taking mind-altering drugs,...

• Obama undoes Bush pre-emption policies.

  Wayne Parsons | May 21, 2009 2:21 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The AP (5/21, Yost) reports, The Obama White House on Wednesday undid a Bush administration policy that used federal regulations to undermine a wide range of state health, safety and environmental...

• Stalled suits against drugmakers proceeding after Supreme Court preemption decision.

  Wayne Parsons | April 30, 2009 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bloomberg News (4/30, Fisk, Feeley) reports, Just two months after the U.S. Supreme Court decided patients can sue drugmakers over injuries from medicines approved by the government, long-stalled...

• Big Pharma Gifts to Medical Institutions Exposed

  Wayne Parsons | April 11, 2009 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A lot of health care news comes out of the financial industry. If you try to find out about how good a new drug is and search the internet you will find a lot of information that is tied to stock...

• Federal Preemption Puts Consumers At Risk According To Observers

  Wayne Parsons | March 23, 2009 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In an op-ed in the Des Moines Register (3/20) Joel Olah, executive director of aging resources of central Iowa, wrote, Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of...

• What Do You Think About Drug Companies Paying Your Doctor Money?

  Wayne Parsons | February 10, 2009 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Did you know that drug companies pay doctors money? The payments cover a range of activities such as doctor's speaking engagements, clinical trials, payments to institutions like Universities where...

• Study Finds FDA Conflict Of Interest In Investigating Procedures

  Wayne Parsons | January 12, 2009 12:55 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The AP (1/12) reports, An internal watchdog finds that financial conflicts involving outside researchers who test experimental drugs often remain hidden, and missing information, loopholes, and weak...