Politics could hamper FDA reform

FDA Reform: Déjà Vu Encore

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) creates the climate for the development of new drugs and clinical research. A 30 year struggle to bring drugs to the market more rapidly culminated in the 1992 Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA). While drug review times have shortened, concerns about drug safety possibly associated with more rapid reviews have led FDA and Congress to tighten safety req...

Sympatry with the devil: reproductive interference could hamper species coexistence.

1. As species are often considered discrete natural units, interspecific sexual interactions are often disregarded as potential factors determining community composition. Nevertheless reproductive interference, ranging from signal jamming to hybridization, can have significant costs for species sharing similar signal channels. 2. We combined laboratory and field experiments to test whether the ...

reform era in iranian politics

political legitimacy is one of the fundamental notions in contemporary political theorizing. to explain this notion, a set of views, influenced by weber, put emphasis on the role of political beliefs of the citizens. yet, recent academic enterprises refer to the political agents, focusing on their actions. this article studies iranians’ socio-economic conditions in 1990’s, and reveals the setti...

The Politics of Medicare Reform

The politics of health care reform.

Reform of the health care system is a complex process. Opinions vary as to the need for reform and the specific policy changes to be implemented. The Clinton administration has presented a proposal for health care policy reform, but alternative proposals have been recommended. A review of the legislative process indicates the many opportunities to amend or "kill" proposed health reform legislat...