Browsing: patient advocacy

Diane Archer JustCareUSA.org During the health care reform debate, the overwhelming majority of groups representing people with particular diseases–so-called “patient-advocacy”…

With the FDA receiving the vast majority of its funding to regulate drugs from that very industry, that’s a conflict…

FDA approval of a new drug is usually cause for celebration, especially when the drug is the first ever approved…

The FDA has approved the first ever treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, going against the recommendation of a panel of…

The battle over the FDA’s potential approval of eteplirsen, a drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, demonstrates the power of…