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STAT+: Many doctors are in the dark about how FDA approves devices and drugs, survey finds

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She had spent two years before going to medical school working as a policy analyst for Rita Redberg and Sanket Dhruva, medical safety experts at the University of California, San Francisco. Around 41% felt they understood the drug side. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: An FDA pathway to clear medical devices is putting patients at risk, research suggests

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The Food and Drug Administration’s approach to evaluating some new medical devices might actually increase the risk that those devices will later be recalled over safety concerns. That process is roughly equivalent to how regulators review new medicines.

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STAT+: Q&A: Califf on obesity drugs, advisory panels, and how threats hurt recruitment at FDA

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BOSTON — FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said on Monday that it “bothers” him that Novo Nordisk, which makes an obesity medication, funded the development of obesity coursework for medical schools.

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STAT+: From Epic to FDA, all the leaders presenting at HHS’ invite-only AI in health care event

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Panelists include leaders from the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, and electronic health record giant Epic Systems.

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Could FDA recommend new antibiotic for hospital-acquired pneumonia?

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This finding alongside the other data from the trial led the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee to recommend the FDA approve the combination antibiotic for often-fatal pneumonia strain carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii–calcoaceticus complex (ABC).

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And then there were three: another FDA adcomm member quits over Aduhelm

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The fallout over the FDA’s decision to approved Biogen’s Alzheimer’s therapy Aduhelm continues to be felt, with a third member of its advisory committee resigning in protest. . The post And then there were three: another FDA adcomm member quits over Aduhelm appeared first on. Aaron Kesselheim.

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FDA AdCom votes in favour of Lundbeck’s/Otsuka’s Rexulti in AAD

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On 14 April 2023, experts from the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Advisory Committee (AdCom) voted largely in favour of the potential approval of Otsuka’ s and Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals’ Rexulti for the treatment of agitation associated with Alzheimer’s dementia (AAD). The FDA will consider the AdCom as it reviews the drug’s sNDA.

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