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Academic Researchers’ Conflicts of Interest Go Unreported

Few universities make required reports to the government about the financial conflicts of their researchers, and even when such conflicts are reported, university administrators rarely require those researchers to eliminate or reduce these conflicts, ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Department of Health,  National Institutes of Health,  Harvard Medical School

F.D.A. Threatens to Ban Alcoholic Drinks With Caffeine

WASHINGTON — Top federal food regulators threatened on Friday to ban caffeinated alcoholic drinks unless their makers quickly proved that the beverages were safe. In a statement, the Food and Drug Administration said it told nearly 30 manufacturers of ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, Boston Globe,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  Twitter Inc

Food Agency Delays Ban on Oysters After Outcry

WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration on Friday indefinitely delayed a ban on the sale of raw oysters harvested on the Gulf Coast during warm months in the face of opposition from the oyster industry and legislators from the region. The agency ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration

U.S. Plans Raw Warm-Water Oyster Ban

A federal effort to ban the sale of raw oysters harvested during the warm months along the Gulf Coast has kicked up a hurricane of opposition from oystermen and members of Congress and threatened to derail a signature food-safety initiative by the ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Food and Drug Administration,  U.S. Senate,  George Strait

Maine Finds a Health Care Fix Elusive

BAR HARBOR, Me. When his car repair shop’s health insurance premiums doubled between 2000 and 2002, David White saw the problem as akin to a sputtering engine. So he got under the hood of the state’s health system and tried to fix it. "We're better ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, The New York Times,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David White,  U.S. Republican Party,  Olympia J. Snowe,  U.S. Congress,  Peter Mills

A Conversation With Ab Klink: Dutch View of Choice in U.S. Care: It’s Limited

WASHINGTON The health system in the United States may be twice as expensive as those in Europe, and the population may be less healthy, but at least Americans have access to many more choices of doctors and insurers. Right? Mr. Klink was in Washington ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, International Herald Tribune,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Commonwealth Fund,  New York Times Company

E. Coli Kills 2; Focus Is on Beef

Two people, one from New Hampshire and another from upstate New York, have died after eating ground beef that may be responsible for an E. coli outbreak linked to illness in more than two dozen people. The suspect beef was produced by a company in ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fairbank Farms,  Department of Health,  Agriculture Department

Report Criticizes Medicare Role in Fraud Investigations

In 2006, after the federal government established a multibillion-dollar drug benefit for older Americans, top officials promised to keep the program honest by hiring private companies to investigate and root out fraud. But government investigators are ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, The New York Times,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Department of Health,  Barack Obama,  Charles E. Grassley,  U.S. Republican Party,  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Drug Makers Remain Years Behind on Testing Approved Medicines, Report Finds

WASHINGTON Federal drug officials have long been criticized for failing to force drug makers to complete studies proving that their drugs work as hoped, and Congressional investigators on Monday released yet another report pointing out that some of ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, The New York Times,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  Government Accountability Office,  Charles E. Grassley,  U.S. Republican Party

Drug Makers Are Advocacy Group’s Biggest Donors

WASHINGTON A majority of the donations made to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one of the nation’s most influential disease advocacy groups, have come from drug makers in recent years, according to Congressional investigators. The alliance, ...

From GARDINER HARRIS, The New York Times,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charles E. Grassley,  Michael Fitzpatrick (politician),  New York Times Company,  National Alliance on Mental Illness,  U.S. Republican Party

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