Negotiating the Critical Path: the FDA’s Initiative to Streamline the Drug Development Process

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  January 10th at 03:55 PM  | 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which officially exists, in large part, to “protect the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices,” has been the object of a great deal of criticism over the years from medical patients, drug and biomedical device developers, pharmaceutical companies, and analysts who view the looming shadow | Read More »

Democrat Congress votes self a paid vacation instead of dealing with rising gas prices

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  July 30th at 10:45 PM  | 

Republicans in Congress have been pressing the lower House’s Democrat leadership to consider realistic solutions to the energy crunch to no avail for weeks now. 50-mile-or-more offshore drilling? Off the table. Using a fraction of ANWR to provide America with years’ worth of fuel? Also off the table. Nuclear energy? Waaaay off the table. About the only thing Speaker Pelosi and her band of merry | Read More »