Why Did the FDA Approve These Advertisements?

Why Did the FDA Approve These Advertisements?

David Oaks I would like to thank PLoS Medicine for publishing Lacasse and Leo’s important and methodical Essay that debunks the “chemical imbalance” advertisements for psychiatric drugs [1]. Why would the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve such ads? Our human rights group, MindFreedom International, has been asking that question for a long time. On behalf of MindFreedom, U...

Why Norwegian soldiers didn't approve of 'Meat free Monday'

Why Norwegian soldiers didn't approve of 'Meat free Monday'

Why did life emerge?

Many mechanisms, functions and structures of life have been unraveled. However, the fundamental driving force that propelled chemical evolution and led to life has remained obscure. The 2 law of thermodynamics, written as an equation of motion, reveals that elemental abiotic matter evolves from the equilibrium via chemical reactions that couple to external energy toward complex biotic nonequili...

Congress is likely to approve generic drug user fees: action should spur faster FDA approvals.

$824 billion in the last decade. The cost savings benefit is obvious, and some even claim that generic products can be safer than their brand-name counterparts. Edith A. Rosato, RPh, Chief Executive Officer at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, explains: “Generic drugs, by definition, are versions of brand-name drugs that have been available in the marketplace for many years. The longer a dr...