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Election 2008: Fair Trade Gets an Upgrade
Election 2008: Fair Trade Gets an Upgrade
[Created on: 11/18/2008]

Testimony before FDA on Collagen Scaffold Medical Device (HRG Publication #1851)
The appropriate path to market for ReGen Biologic's collagen scaffold medical device would be through the PMA process.
[Created on: 11/14/2008]

Letter to Center for Devices and Radiologic Health Opposing Potential Approval of CorCap Cardiac Support Device (HRG Publication #1850)
CorCap's "heart sock" has been repeatedly rejected by the FDA and its external advisory committees. The company is now conducting a poorly designed study that has little chance of providing convincing evidence of device safety or effectiveness.
[Created on: 11/12/2008]

Letter to the New York Times Criticizing Weaknesses in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices (HRG Publication #1849)
Many medical devices in a particular category are cleared for use through a short-cut process rather than through the more formal process, despite a law requiring the FDA to eliminate this category of devices by 1995.
[Created on: 11/03/2008]

Petition to Immediately Ban Diabetes Drug Rosiglitazone (AVANDIA) (HRG Publication #1848)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should immediately ban the dangerous diabetes drug Avandia because it can cause death from liver failure and has many other life-threatening risks that far outweigh its benefits.
[Created on: 10/29/2008]

Presidential Candidates' Key Proposals on Health Care and Climate Will Require WTO Modifications
Presidential Candidates' Key Proposals on Health Care and Climate Will Require WTO Modifications
[Created on: 10/28/2008]

A Tale of Three Cities: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Premature Mortality in the District of Columbia, 2005 (HRG Publication #1847)
Public Citizen examines premature mortality in the District of Columbia versus the United States.
[Created on: 10/22/2008]

Op-Ed in Atlanta Journal-Constitution About Academic Conflict of Interest (HRG Publication #1846)
Peter Lurie and Jonas Hines criticize noted Emory University Psychiatry Chair Charles Nemeroff for not fully disclosing hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees.
[Created on: 10/14/2008]

Testimony before FDA hearing on cough and cold remedies for children (HRG Publication #1845)
Public Citizen testified that the FDA was moving too slowly to get ineffective cough and cold remedies for children off the market. It also emphasized that there is no evidence for the medicines' effectiveness for children under 11 years.
[Created on: 10/02/2008]

Comments to the Department of Labor Opposing Addition of Additional Steps in Proceedings to Regulate Occupational Hazards (HRG Publication #1844)
These comments to the Department of Labor oppose the addition of a requirement for an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to the already cumbersome process for creating regulations for occupational health and safety, as it would only lengthen (but not improve) the process by which regulations are made.
[Created on: 09/29/2008]

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