FDA goes up in smoke
Over a cup of coffee, in one of those shabby railway cafes you get round England, I came across this story in the New Scientist. I couldn’t quite believe what I was reading and therefore decided to buy...
View ArticleSerious conflicts of interest of Avandia panel member
If you weren’t aware last week, Rosglitazone or Avandia as it is known in the trade, was in front of the Joint Meeting of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and...
View ArticleDo You Know Who Frances Kelsey Is? I didn't
Do You Know Who Frances Kelsey Is? I didn’tI came across this article in the excellent Pharmalot site on Frances Kelsey by Ed SilvermanHe’s right, ‘The odds are that you don’t.’Fifty years ago Frances...
View ArticleEmergency contraception: emotion, evidence and bubble gum
Earlier this year, the FDA recommended that emergency contraception, or Plan B, should be available without prescription to girls under 17 as it is currently available by prescription only to this age...
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