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The War on Facts Hits Prescription Drug Regulation
The FDA’s authority was under legal attack even before Trump. Now the agency faces a triple threat.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Beware Compounded Drugs — Especially Under Trump’s FDA
A burgeoning and little-regulated private industry that specially mixes drugs at so-called compounding pharmacies poses a public-health hazard that the Trump administration is about to make a whole lot worse.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Cures Act Is Bad Medicine for NIH, FDA
A bipartisan bill that promises more money for research and development is actually full of giveaways for the pharmaceutical industry and other trade groups.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
FDA Ruling Reshapes Abortion Battle
New federal labeling guidelines for the abortion pill deliver a major victory to the abortion-rights movement, and throw opponents of the procedure on the defensive.