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 […]
Syringe and paper moneyDr. Paul Offit has written another pro-vaccine screed for this powerful publication without one word about all the money he has made as a vaccine developer. Action Alert! The opinion piece, published this week, talks about respiratory infections “making a comeback” (had they really gone away?) and lays the problem at the […]
The USDA’s response is to talk out of both sides of their mouth. In a single press release, the USDA closes its investigation of the contamination of wheat fields in Oregon, calling it an “isolated incident,” then immediately contradicts itself by opening another investigation into contamination from genetically engineered wheat. The contamination was found at […]
Now that Henry Waxman is retiring from Congress, it is clearly Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). State Action Alert! Sen. Durbin has long demonstrated a bias against dietary supplements. Here’s a taste of his career-long attempt to give FDA the power to sweep thousands of supplements off the shelves: In 2004, Sen. Durbin proposed an amendment […]
The agency has responded to comments from ANH-USA activists and other stakeholders. Here’s what they’re proposing now. Action Alert! In May we reported that the FDA is currently drafting rules that implement the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). As we noted then, some of the rules that have been proposed so far have brought […]
Contrave has terrible side effects, is expensive, includes a hidden antidepressant, and barely even works. So why did the FDA approve it? Action Alert! The FDA approved two weight loss drugs in 2012, Qsymia and Belviq, but sales have been sluggish. This week FDA approved Contrave, even though the FDA initially denied approval to Contrave in […]
A powerful subcommittee says a new FDA proposal on medical testing will stifle innovation and may not be legal. Action Alert! Three months ago we told you about laboratory-developed tests (LDTs)—inexpensive diagnostic tests for patients that are developed and performed by local labs. They include standard tests but also new ones, genetic tests, tests for […]
Contrave has terrible side effects, is expensive, includes a hidden antidepressant, and barely even works. So why did the FDA approve it?
EMORD & ASSOCIATES HONORS LEADERS IN NUTRITION, INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, MEDICAL SCIENCE, AND JOURNALISM AT SPECTACULAR GALA Cambridge, Maryland—On September 5 and 6, 2014, the constitutional and administrative law firm Emord & Associates, P.C. held a spectacular celebration and awards program at the Hyatt Regency Resort on the occasion of its 20th anniversary and in honor of George […]
