Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
Soon, there may not be an app for that
The lengths to which this administration goes to stifle private innovation never ceases to amaze me. Enter, stage left, the FDA.
Read MoreThere’s no such thing as a free lunch: the cancer drug shortage. A harbinger of things to come?
On the “CBS This Morning” show this week , there was a story on the increasing shortage of cancer medications due to a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the expiration of patent protections and the competing manufacture of generic cancer meds. Sounds great, right?
Read MoreInvisible victims of FDA drug policy
I’d call this quite the intellectual challenge. At what point do you stop testing and start distributing new drugs that will help people live healthier lives? Walter Williams points out an important issue influencing the drug approval process.
Read MoreThe FDA strikes again
Obamacare called for calorie count information to be posted on menus of chain restaurants with more than 20 locations, and, on vending machines if the owner of the machine owned more than 20 machines. Now, the Food and Drug Administration which is in charge of writing regulations covering that section of Obamacare has drastically expanded…
Read MoreDeath panels? What death panels?
Oh, those death panels. No, no, no … ignore that. That’s just prostate cancer … nothing to see here. Move along. As I always say, turn your college, retirement or health care over to the government and they will tell you, where you can go to college, when you will retire, and apparently if they…
Read MoreNo need for the Federal Drug Administration?
Sort of a hot topic. John Stossel from the Fox Business Network suggested there is no need for a Federal Drug Administration. Stossel’s point is the FDA lets the pendulum swing to far, to the point where protection and regulation keep some life-saving drugs off the market.
Read MoreThey are “magically” dangerous.
Please. Stop. Just stop it. I’m not stupid. I know me Lucky Charms are not magic. I know Frosted Flakes are not …”Greaaaat” for you. I know Count Chocula isn’t a real monster and Tricks aren’t just for kids. Stop it pleaseeeeee. The federal government is wading into the supermarket aisle, making its first effort…
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