Miscellaneous

The largest breast cancer organization has a strange new bedfellow. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the largest breast cancer fundraising organization in the US and known for painting everything pink, has partnered with Baker Hughes, one of the world’s largest oilfield service companies. To mark the partnership, thousands of Baker Hughes drill bits used […]

UPDATE: Good news—in a group of documents dated November 3, 2016, the FDA has responded to our concerns, indicating that compounded hormone creams WILL NOT BE on the agency’s chopping block at the next advisory committee meeting. We are glad to hear that the FDA is only considering the elimination of patches; creams, gels, foams, and ointments […]

New federal legislation offers dying patients new hope. It needs our support. Action Alert! The legislation, introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), would prohibit the federal government, particularly the US Food and Drug Administration, from blocking patient access to experimental medications. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf was scheduled to attend a hearing on the bill, but […]