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RPM Report-FDA Commissioner Update: Announcement Timing Provides Clues
By Ramsey Baghdadi White House says decision will be unveiled this week. The timing offers clues to who may have made the final cut.
SystemsTox
Application of systems biology methods to evaluate toxicities in oncology treatments can accelerate the introduction of safe, effective drugs. We are organizing a pilot study
Reuters: Obama's FDA pick to come within days-spokesman
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to announce soon his pick to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help create
Winter 2008 Newsletter
House and Senate Stimulus Bills To Include $3.5 billion for NIH, $1.1 billion for Comparative Clinical Effectiveness The House of Representatives and Senate released a
New York Times – Medicare Widens Drugs It Accepts for Cancer
Medicare, with little public debate, has expanded its coverage of drugs for cancer treatments not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Cancer doctors had
Wall Street Journal – CDC Insider Named Acting Director
The Obama administration has appointed an infectious disease and disaster preparedness expert as acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Richard
Friends of Cancer Research Brings in 2009 with a New Website
Friends of Cancer Research Brings in 2009 with a New Website Friends of Cancer Research brought in the New Year with a newly designed website,
Washington Post- Next NIH Director Faces Budget Issues
The director of the National Institutes of Health may be the least political of a president’s political appointments. The director’s job is not to promote
Boston Globe – America Needs a Strong FDA
As President-Elect Barack Obama focuses on selecting leaders for his administration, a top priority should be to rebuild the Food and Drug Administration under
Washington Post – Ailing FDA May Need Major Reconstructing
The Obama administration will inherit a Food and Drug Administration widely seen as struggling to protect Americans from unsafe medication, contaminated food and a flood
