The FDA will now allow producers of fresh iceberg lettuce and spinach to use ionizing radiation on the greens to prevent the spread of pathogens such as E. coli and salmonella. Don’t be too surprised, apparently irradiated meat has been on the market for years, although not being much of a meat eater, THAT was […]
Here’s a roundup of just some of this past week’s pharmaceutical news items…
Everyone Wants A Piece Of Alnylam
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leader in RNAi therapeutics, has signed a deal to share rights and technology with Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Express Scripts To Pay $9.5 Million In Settlement
Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager, encouraged doctors to switch their patients’ cholesterol […]
Out in internet land, some people are proposing to eliminate the FDA. Stella from ReasonPharm wrote about this issue on Monday and agreed, suggesting that other organizations, such as the media, independent licensing agencies, or clinical groups that develop practice guidelines might be able to step up and take over the FDA’s role. Eliminating the […]
This week at the FDA — good news, bad news, and something about nipples:
The long-touted “Sentinel Initiative” program will finally get underway, using Medicare Part D claims data to search for adverse events or other drug-associated risks…
… Problems in China again, this time because the Chinese government may be delaying attempts by the FDA to […]
Jennifer Buettner, a Maryland mother, claims that she was caring for her niece, who had a “nagging case of hypochondria”, when she came up with the idea to create a new drug for children. Actually, it’s not a drug and needs no approval from the FDA. It is a placebo pill, cleverly named Obecalp (placebo […]
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Written by Jennifer Hinkel [email], and Becky Ramsey [email] for b5media.
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