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New FDA lab tests rule could bankrupt small labs
Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that on May 6 it will promulgate a rule under its authority to regulate medical devices.
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A Solution in Search of a Problem
In his State of the Union address, President Biden touted the drug-price controls in his Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Though the price controls have yet…
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Ignoring the Science
A new CDC study reports that the first updated Covid-19 vaccine—the bivalent vaccine approved in fall 2022—was about 50 percent effective in blocking infection over a two-month…
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Time for a Surgeon General-ectomy?
President-elect Obama has reportedly chosen Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent and one of People magazine’s “sexiest men alive,” for the post of…
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Bailout Fallout, the New (Green) Deal and Scaring Parents with Toxic Arguments
The House and Senate agree on a $700 billion financial bailout bill. Environmentalists try to leverage the mortgage and Wall Street financial crisis to argue…
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the presidential candidates’ views on the biotech industry
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FDA approval for “biogeneric” drugs
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Activists Hit the (Plastic) Bottle Again
Anti-chemical activists opened a new front in their jihad against the plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) this week.
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Stem Cells, Regulating Lawn Mowers and Standing up to the SEC
The National Academy of Sciences argues for continued use of embryonic stem cells. The Environmental Protection Agency requires that new gas-powered lawn mowers come with…
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Economic Projections, Comcast Sues the FCC and Cholesterol Drugs
A new report from the Federal Reserve projects continued slow growth and a weak business climate. Comcast sues the Federal Communications Commission over…
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Stem Cells, Mad Cow Disease and Cuba’s Police
Scientists hail a new breakthrough in stem cell research. A federal Appeals Court rules that the U.S. Department of Agriculture can forbid private meat packers…
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Cholesterol Drug Scare Shenanigans
Why is the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine encouraging a cancer scare over the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin? Is he overcompensating for past…
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Public Funding for Stem Cell Research: Boon or Boondoggle?
Debates over the ethics of research using human embryonic stem cells continue long after the Bush Administration’s ban on federal tax-funding for such research. But,…
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Public Stem Cell Research Funding
The best way to make progress in stem cell research is to allow the private sector to grow, unimpeded by regulation and controversy.
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Fannie Mae, HIV Rates and Greenhouse Gases
Mortgage giant Fannie Mae announces a shakeup of its senior management. A new study finds New York City’s HIV infection rate to be three times…
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Sick Patients Need Cutting-Edge Drugs
The story of Anna Tomalis trying to recieve a compassionate usage exemption from the FDA to treat her cancer.
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Drug Approval at the FDA, Childhood Obesity and the War on Bottled Water
Industry analysts characterize the Food and Drug Administration’s drug approval process as especially “conservative.” An anti-obesity advertising campaign targeted at children generates controversy. Local government…
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Reform Needed at the Food and Drug Administration
Washington, D.C., August 14, 2008—In order to best serve the interests of the nation’s patients and doctors, the structure of the…
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FDA’s Bad Medicine
How the dispersed knowledge problem affects drug safety analysis and how markets and technology will help patients…
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Costs of Regulation, FDA Reform and Global Warming Skepticism
The House Small Business Committee hears testimony on the costs of federal regulation. Patient advocates urge lawmakers to pass legislation forcing the Food and Drug…
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Telling McDonald’s it can open franchises only in the white part of town
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FCC Takes on Comcast, GM Crops and the Housing Bailout
The Federal Communications Commission puts Comcast in the hot seat over its network management practices. Security becomes the number one cost for scientists developing genetically…
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Environmentalism, Vioxx and Carbon Offsets
The Washington Examiner editorializes on how environmental policies expand the scope of government power. Merck wins two appeals in lawsuits related to its painkiller Vioxx.
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Gas Prices, Farm Subsidies and Vioxx Lawsuits
Oil company executives are grilled on high gas prices by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Congress prepares to override President Bush’s veto of the…
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Gas Prices, DEA and Telephone Trends
The AAA reports that record high gas prices might soon begin to fall. CEI launches the “Politics of Pain” campaign to end harassment of pain…
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“Politics of Pain” Campaign to Defend Patients’ Rights
CEI fighting for millions of Americans who live in pain because their doctors are afraid of being harassed or arrested by the DEA.
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Junk Science: Schumer Chucks the FDA?
Who needs the Food and Drug Administration? New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and personal injury lawyers certainly don’t — at least to the extent…
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Net Neutrality, Poultry Wars and Disaster Insurance
The House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee holds a hearing on proposed rules for “net neutrality.” The European Union refuses to lift a ban on the…
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Baby Bottles, Union Conflicts and Credit Card Fees
Wal-Mart announces that it will stop selling baby bottles made with the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA. Members of the California Nurses Association and the…
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Environmental Politics, Internet Gambling and Drug Imports
Regnery Publishing releases the new book The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About--Because They Helped Cause Them. An…
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Are Imports the Solution to High Drug Prices?
With the high cost of pharmaceutical drugs playing a central role in the national debate over health care, many policymakers have endorsed the idea…
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Custody Disputes, Food Shortages and Taxi Cab Fares
Over 400 children seized from a polygamous sect in Texas are dispersed to group homes and shelters across the state. Zimbabwe, confronted with high food…
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Drug Reimportation’s Dangerous Allure
A Misguided Cost-Control Measure Guaranteed to Harm Patient Care…
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The Fed, Biotech Crops and Mortgage Bailouts
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson officially announces a plan to reform oversight of financial markets. Research into genetically modified crops gets a boost in India. President…
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Sarbanes-Oxley, Cancer Drugs and Discrimination Law
The National Law Journal warns that penalties in the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting rules for public companies can extend to individuals and private entities. Drug maker Cephalon…
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The Five Dumbest Product Bans
This paper focuses on five clearly absurd product bans that seem to serve no social good.
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CEI Daily Update
1. ENVIRONMENT CEI releases a new video contrasting increasing carbon dioxide levels with global temperatures. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) pressures the Environmental Protection Agency to declare carbon dioxide a pollutant. CEI Expert Available…
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Supreme Court Rulings Good for Investors
Washington, D.C., February 20, 2008—The Supreme Court this session has made two important decisions that will greatly benefit investors. Both today’s ruling in LaRue v.
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL President Bush receives praise for public health aid from crowds on his trip to Africa. CEI Expert Available…
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Where’s the Beef?
It’s not often that American food companies join hands with environmental and consumer activists to call for greater government control over the nation’s food…
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Europe’s Continued Hostility to GM Crops Runs Afoul of Science, WTO
France, Germany, and the United Kingdom may have new leaders who bring the promise overall of better trans-Atlantic relations, but when it comes to the…
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FDA Gives a Thumbs Up to Cloned Milk and Meat
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Vaccine Vindication
The vaccine preservative Thimerosal is not linked with autism, a new study reports. The data also suggest that the dilettante "scientist" Robert F. Kennedy,…
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New Video: Cheers to Repeal Day!
Washington, D.C., December 4, 2007—The Bureaucrash Activist Network is releasing a new video just in time to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition…
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Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BIOTECHNOLOGY Possible regulatory reform at the Food and Drug Administration. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior…
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Promoting Healthy Biopharmaceutical Competition
Full Document Available in PDF The Hatch-Waxman Act, enacted by Congress 23 years ago,…
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Lene Johansen Named CEI Journalism Fellow
Washington D.C., November 5, 2007—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to welcome Lene Johansen as its newest Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellow. While…
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Biofueling Disorder
Would you believe that the weather in Indiana could trigger popular unrest in China? Global demand for fuel made out of food is growing…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Tech consultants raise concerns that public Internet access points may pose a threat to a user’s…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. FOOD Federal regulators consider new safety rules for milk and meat from cloned animals. CEI…
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Bills on FDA Reform Could Mean Fewer Medicines
Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington DC, June 21, 2007—The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today began mark-up on several bills on…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1.Legal The Supreme Court rules against Philip Morris as part of an on-going legal fight…