As FDA commissioner, Scott Gottlieb battled to lower the cost of prescription drugs and streamline approval of biosimilars. Now, Gottlieb is taking that fight to the private sector. In an interview with the Washington Post, Gottlieb, who will leave the Trump administration Friday, said he plans to take a fellowship with conservative think tank American Enterprise… Read More »
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned on Friday that if the partial government shutdown persists, it will force the FDA to make “hard decisions” on preserving key functions of the agency.
By MICHAEL MILLENSON Abbott Ventures chief Evan Norton may have spent part of his youth on a farm, but there’s no manure in his manner when speaking of the medical device and diagnostics market landscape. The key, he says, is to avoid being blindsided by the transformational power of digital data. “We’ve been competing against Medtronic and J&J,… Read More »
The guy in the flashy red suit gets all the glory. But in Santa Claus, Ind., it takes a village of little helpers to keep the St. Nick legend alive. Ever since the tiny Midwestern town — population 2,411 — was featured in “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” in 1930, the United States Postal Service… Read More »
So you’ve been diagnosed with kidney disease. More than likely your kidneys are damaged and are no longer working as well as before. The first thing your doctor will do is put you on a strict diet for kidney disease patients. You must ensure that you do not work your kidneys as hard as before.… Read More »