Cross-PostScript: Senate bill crucial after Court denies pay-for-delay
(from today's Health Policy Hub)
A negative court decision this week underscores the importance of passing federal legislation to ban ‘pay-for-delay’ settlements in order to preserve access to affordable, quality prescription drug benefits. At issue is
Senate fix on pay-for-delay vital after Court denies hearing
A negative court decision this week underscores the importance of passing federal legislation to ban ‘pay-for-delay’ settlements in order to preserve access to affordable, quality prescription drug benefits. At issue is the drug industry practice of payin
Pay-for-delay needs Congressional fix after Court denies hearing
Second Circuit takes a pass on reviewing the legality of pay-for-delay settlements
A negative court decision before the Second Circuit this week underscores the importance of passing federal legislation to ban ‘pay-for-delay’ settlements in order to prese
"A drug in search of a disease": How ghostwriting helped Wyeth sell hormone therapy
Newly-released court documents gathered as part of a court case against Wyeth (now part of Pfizer) brought by patients who developed breast cancer while taking its Prempro hormone replacement therapy (HT) illustrate how ghostwriting was used to distort or
Signing on to Advance Child Nutrition
The New England Alliance for Children’s Health is co-sponsoring a sign-on letter with the New England Consortium (NEC) that urges Congress to act swiftly and pass a strong child nutrition reauthorization (CNR) bill. The letter asks the New England delegat
Accepting the Challenge
Today is an exciting day in children’s health! As this press release explains, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sebelius is urging leaders from across government and the private sector to join the Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge. The Challenge
Farm to Pharma: Salmonella outbreak highlights FDA's lack of recall authority for food and drugs
One thing that has come out of the widespread egg salmonella outbreak of the last two weeks is a resurgent call for the FDA to be given better tools to protect the public from unsafe food and drugs. Batches of eggs contaminated with salmonella have sicken
Not just the FDA: manufacturers should make medical tubing error-proof
As a report this week in the New York Times illustrated, patient harm caused by misconnection of tubes–such as feeding tubes inserted into veins—has been a recognized source of medical error for decades.
In April 2006, the Joint Commission issued a Sentin
Insurance-palooza - the NAIC National Meeting in Seattle
The Summer 2010 Meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in Seattle Washington wrapped up last week. For those of us not lucky enough to spend a long summer weekend with a group of insurance commissioners, some friends of Comm