Tag Archives: patient advocates

Patients on the Picket Line

By Ben Comer | Published: February 5, 2013

Good science can’t be rushed, even when the lives of patients hang in the balance. But regulatory science, and its relationship to a drug’s commercial success or failure, can inadvertently block access to individual patients in their hour of need.

Posted in Biotech, FDA, Legal, Market Access, Regulatory, Safety, healthcare | Also tagged Abigail Alliance, breakthrough therapies, Breast cancer, Cancer, compassionate use, Expanded Access Programs, FDA, FDA safety and innovation act, HHS, Market Access, PDUFA V, policy | Leave a comment

UN Pact Scuttles Anti-Vaccine Provision

By Jill Wechsler | Published: January 24, 2013

A new international agreement to reduce mercury contamination of air and water was recently adopted by 140 countries, without a proposal that threatened to limit access to vaccines in much of the world. The credit goes to public health authorities and medical experts who challenged a provision blocking production of vaccines with the preservative thimerosal, [...]

Posted in Emerging Markets, FDA, Global, Legal, Market Access, Patient Communication, Safety, healthcare | Also tagged autism, developing countries, patient groups, thimerosol, vaccines, WHO | 1 Comment