Government Puts Doctors in Stranglehold over Medical Testing and Diagnostics
One test per year not related to a specific illness under Medicare? So much for preventive medicine.
14 Oct
2014
07 Oct
2014
Big Pharma Giant Takes On the Government
“The FTC is trying to regulate supplements as drugs!” says Bayer. Yes, that’s what we’ve been saying for quite some time now. Action Alert! Global chemical company Bayer AG has a bone to pick with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Justice Department. Its pharmaceutical and medical products subgroup, Bayer HealthCare, produces a probiotic […]
07 Oct
2014
FDA Thumbs Its Nose at Congress—Again!
The agency has issued a new guidance on laboratory developed tests (LDTs), even though a congressional committee challenged its legal authority to do. Action Alert! Last month we told you how the powerful House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee took the FDA to task, saying that the agency’s proposal to put laboratory-developed tests in the […]
02 Oct
2014
