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Do You Know What FDA Approval of a Drug Means?
Continuing the thread of the difficulty of making good decisions about prescription drugs: It appears that many of us think that FDA approval of a drug means safer and better…Not so fast: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/12/us-drug-approval-misunderstanding-idUSTRE78B6IK20110912 Once again, Steve Woloshin at the White River Junction VA Med Ctr and his Dartmouth colleagues shine a spotlight on a topic where [...]
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#FDASM: + ca change, + c’est la meme chose
The FDA is holding a public hearing on the “Promotion of FDA-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet and Social Media Tools.” There is a tremendous amount of buzz on Twitter and blogs about this meeting which will hear 60 speakers, some more than once. As ABC News Business division reports this morning “Drug Industry Presses [...]
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