FDA
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EconomicsLibertyPolitics
THORNER: REPLACING COVID-19 FEAR WITH REALITY
by Nancy Thorner August 25, 2020People don’t know who or what to believe what are the real facts on the corona plague
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President Trump recently announced “Operation Warp Speed,” a plan for a novel coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020.
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If the COVID-19 crisis has taught us one thing—aside from the need to wash your hands often—it is that the FDA’s approval process for much-needed medicine to those with debilitating and terminal diseases is in dire need of reform.
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Health Care
FDA’s Broken Drug Approval System Continues Hurting Patients
by Christine Herrin February 12, 2020There is no question that a means testing regime ought to be in place, but by what standards and who makes that determination is what must be reexamined and changed.
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Health Care
Millions Continue to Suffer from Alzheimer’s While FDA Lacks Efficiency
by Christine Herrin December 5, 2019Nearly six million Americans of all ages are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and more than 16 million Americans care for people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
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Health Care
The Real Horror is the FDA’s Drug Approval Process
by Christine Herrin November 11, 2019The FDA has unlimited power and control when it comes to the treatments and therapies terminally ill patients can access.
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FeaturedGovernmentTobacco
Vaping Hysteria Will Mean More Tobacco Deaths
by Jeff Stier August 21, 2019When products could save lives, it’s important for people to be informed about those benefits, along with the risks.
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Budgets/TaxesTobacco
Dear Senator Warren, the Revolving Door With Gottlieb Didn’t Start at Pfizer
by Lindsey Stroud August 13, 2019Warren barely scratched the surface on the audacity of unelected and unaccountable executive agency officials who blatantly abuse their positions of power for their own gain.
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Health Care
For Americans With Debilitating Diseases, Free to Choose Medicine Offers Hope
by Christine Herrin July 11, 2019Americans suffering from debilitating diseases should not have to lobby Congress or Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bureaucrats for special permission to access potentially lifesaving treatments.
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FeaturedHealth Care
Free to Choose Medicine: A Plan to Increase Access to Prescription Drugs and Lower Costs
by Sarah Lee July 11, 2019As the 2020 election creeps closer, candidates are focusing increasingly more on solving one of the most vexing problems Americans regularly encounter: the incredibly high cost of prescription drugs.
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Budgets/TaxesTobacco
There is No ‘Epidemic’ of Youth Vaping, Only a Moral Panic
by Sherwin Mena May 17, 2019Should teenagers vape, text while driving, use marijuana, drink alcohol? Absolutely not. Demonizing vapor products only destroys public perception, scares adult smokers from converting, and financially harms small businesses.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedRegulationTaxesTobacco
How Vape Shops Make the World a Better Place
by Lindsey Stroud April 15, 2019On March 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement the vaping community long assumed to be true: mom-and-pop vape shops are not the major culprits selling kids nicotine and tobacco products.
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Health Care
Smokeless Tobacco Can Save Lives, But Only if Smokers Have All the Facts
by Jeff Stier February 4, 2019When products have the potential to save millions of lives, it’s helpful if people are told about those benefits.