Assisted Suicide and Lethal Injection: FDA’s Regulatory Dilemma?
Two weeks ago, California’s legislature approved a bill that would make California the fifth, and largest state to approve assisted suicide. If Governor Jerry Brown signs the bill, California would...
View ArticleRegulating Tobacco Standards: An Easy Fix in a Scientifically Uncertain Field
Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study finding that smokers using reduced nicotine cigarettes smoked 30% fewer cigarettes and had reduced cravings at the end of the study...
View ArticleDoes FDA Need a Dietary Supplement User Fee Act?
By Elizabeth Guo Dietary supplements are dominating headlines these days – and not in a good way. Last Wednesday, Nevada officials found basketball star Lamar Odom unconscious at a brothel after taking...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Physician Coverage under the ACA
By Elizabeth Guo A recent study in JAMA by Dorner, Jacobs, and Sommers released some good and bad news about provider coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The study examined whether health...
View ArticleWhy Senator Markey’s Message Hurts Children
Last week, Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) placed a hold on the Senate’s nomination of Robert Califf’s as head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The move was less against Califf and more as...
View ArticlePresident Obama Introduces Evidence Generation Strategy to Reduce High Drug...
By Elizabeth Guo Addressing the high cost of drugs was at the top of President Obama’s list in his fiscal year 2017 budget, released last week. Many of his proposals were familiar. The President hoped...
View ArticleCan the United States Use Mortgage-Like Loans to Pay for High Cost Drugs?
By Elizabeth Guo Pharmaceutical companies are making breakthrough drugs to cure diseases, but no one knows how to pay for them. In 2013 and 2014, FDA approved Solvaldi and Harmoni, which can cure...
View ArticleFDA’s Relationship with Marijuana: It’s Complicated
By Elizabeth Guo Marijuana and marijuana-derived products are top of mind for state legislatures these days. On March 10, the Virginia state legislature passed a bill legalizing cannabidiol oil, a...
View ArticleVirginia’s Proposed Lethal Injection Secrecy Law
By Elizabeth Guo On Monday, Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia proposed a significant change to the Virginia legislature’s bill to replace lethal injection with electrocution in death penalty cases....
View ArticleFDA Gets Serious about Regulating E-Cigarettes
By Elizabeth Guo Last Tuesday, FDA published in the Federal Register the final version of its “Deeming Regulation.” The final rule, like the proposed rule, subjects all tobacco products to FDA...
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