Here’s a spoiler alert. I like vaccinations.
Two of my friends growing up, one with mean leg braces and the other confined to a wheelchair, were polio victims. I’ll be celebrating World Polio Day on Oct . 24, and I was happy to learn that we’ve achieved a 99.9
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Leadership & vaccination resistance
Dr. Stephen Hahn, a chief medical executive at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, likely will be the next Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Commissioner.
President Donald J. Trump has nominated Dr. Hahn to be the next FDA Commissioner, and U.S.Senate will likely, eventually, confirm the
Continue Reading A top cancer expert in line to be next FDA commissioner
The Wall Street Journal’s May 22 Health Forum at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington D.C. will feature 22 speakers, including several CEOs for big pharmacy and giant insurance companies.
But in a full-page advertisement, which WSJ has been running at the expense of its paper and ink, the top
Continue Reading Scott Gottlieb keeps FDA office hours while growing star power
It was an hour and 57 minutes into the confirmation hearing for the next Food and Drug Administration commissioner before Scott Gottlieb drew a question about food.
Perhaps to be expected, it came from Sen. Pat Roberts, R-KS, who wanted to know if Gottlieb would favor setting some priorities for
Continue Reading Only a handful of food questions during Gottlieb’s FDA hearing
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, also known as the HELP Committee, will conduct a confirmation hearing next Wednesday for Dr. Scott Gottlieb to serve as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
The way was cleared for the hearing when Gottlieb submitted all required paperwork to
Continue Reading Confirmation hearing for FDA Commissioner set for April 5
Scott Gottlieb, a practicing physician and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is President Donald J. Trump’s pick to be the 23rd commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
He was FDA’s deputy commissioners for medical and scientific affairs from 2005 to 2007.
Dr. Gottlieb is one of the
Continue Reading President Trump Picks Scott Gottlieb as Next FDA Commissioner
While the Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price says we can expect the next Food and Drug Administrator commissioner to be named soon, significant meetings held by designated FDA policy makers with persons outside the executive branch continue to draw down.
Acting FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Ostroff has
Continue Reading Vacant positions are slowing things down at FDA and FSIS
