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Consider, evaluate, act: Green Party support for anti-science activism is troubling - don't destroy researchA must read from @prateekbuch"Mark Henderson's outstanding book The Geek Manifesto urges professional scientists and those who want to promote a scientific approach to public policy to unite and to make our presence felt in medicine, in journalism, in the environmental movement and above all in politics. The risks of not doing so have been laid bare all to clearly in the ongoing battle to defend a...

The National Council on Disability Urges Expeditious Senate Approval of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesSeven Senators pledge their support for U.S. ratification of the CRPD WASHINGTON, May 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, seven United States Senators issued a statement of bipartisan support for United States ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110601/DC11812LOGO) "The Convention was undertake...

The Impact of Seed Policy Reforms and Intellectual Property Rights on Crop Productivity in IndiaAbstract. The growth of private investment in developing-country agriculture, new advances in the biological sciences, and rapid integration of developing countries into the global trading system has heightened interest in the topic of seed market and intellectual property rights’ (IPRs) policies among public policy-makers, corporate decision-makers and other actors in the agricultural sec...

BIO Applauds EPA’s Rejection of a Petition to Retroactively Waive the 2011 Renewable Fuel StandardThe Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today expressed support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s denial of a January 2012 petition by petroleum industry representatives to retroactively waive the 2011 cellulosic biofuel Renewable Volume Obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s...

How Much Weight Should Anecdotes Really Have In Health Policy?By D. Brad Wright There’s something compelling about the personal narrative that vast mountains of quantitative data cannot rival. Anecdotes are, quite simply, powerful. They tap into our shared humanity, making something seem somehow more rea...

Young Inspiring Scientists and Symptom SurveillanceThe technology giant Intel recently awarded several youngsters with awards for their innovative work in healthcare. The youngest, 15 year old Jack Andraka, has developed a pancreatic cancer diagnostic test based on the principles of diabetic blood tests. Other winners included Nicholas Schiefer, 17 years old, who researched the new phenomenon of “microsearch”. Read more here. &lsquo...

VA Continues Long-Term Study on Gulf War Era VeteransFor the third time since the 1990-1991 Gulf War, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers will contact Gulf War-era Veterans as a part of a long-term study of their health. “Our message to our Gulf War Veterans is clear: We are not forgetting you, we are listening to you, and we are acting,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Sh...

Guangdong’s 2012 Drug Procurements Show Increased Quality FocusGuangdong’s 2012 drug procurement policy will resemble its 2011 predecessor that set fixed prices for low-priced drugs and slightly raised price caps for drugs with higher production costs.

Clements Worldwide Adds GlobalCare Plus PlanWASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Clements Worldwide has introduced GlobalCare® Plus, an international health insurance plan that allows people to choose any country worldwide for medical care treatment. The policy is uniquely designed for expatriates living or working abroad. "One of the purposes of GlobalCare® Plus is to minimize the patient's out-of-pocket expenses," said...

Despite challenges, U.S. GHI moves toward integrated approach to global public healthIn this Lancet opinion piece, Jennifer Kates, vice president and director of global health and HIV policy for the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Josh Michaud, principal policy analyst at the Foundation, examine the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI),...

Capitol Hill briefing addresses research agenda to end AIDS epidemicIn a guest blog post on the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks," Chris Collins, vice president and director of public policy at amfAR: The Foundation for AIDS Research, and Mitchell Warren, executive director of AVAC: Global Advocacy f...

Rwanda Takes Major Step to Stem Child Diarrheal DeathsRwanda today accelerated its fight against rotavirus, the primary cause of deadly diarrhea in young children, when it became the fourth African country to introduce new rotavirus vaccines only recently made available to developing countries. Rotavirus is the primary cause of diarrhea in children. In Rwanda, diarrhea accounts for approximately 23% of child...

Current pharma pricing policy will hurt both patients and industry in the long run, assert pharma expertsPharmaceutical analysts in India and the UK believe cost-based pricing is not suitable to safeguard the interests of patients as well as the pharmaceutical industry. In their opinion, the regulatory authorities have wrongly been focusing on price con...

SABIC to Exhibit Robust Portfolio of Advanced Material Solutions for Medical and Dental Device Applications at First Ever MD&M Brazil ShowPittsfield, MA, May 25, 2012 --(PR.com)-- SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business will spotlight its culture of ingenuity at MD&M Brazil – in São Paulo, Brazil, June 26-27, in booth #709 – with an exhibit of customer applications that highlight the versatility of the company’s broad and deep portfolio of engineering thermoplastics. SABIC will also showcase many of it...

Senate Passes FDA User Fee And Reform BillUser fee bill sails through Senate on 96-1 vote. Amendments mainly make FDA-wide and drug-related policy changes.

Groups Ask Senate to Reconsider NDAA Amendments Blocking Military Use of Alternative EnergyThe Advanced Biofuels Association, the Algal Biomass Organization, Airlines for America, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, Growth Energy, and the Pew Charitable Trusts today expressed disappointment that the Senate Armed Services Committee adopted amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act blocking the...

BIO Lauds Senate Passage of User Fee PackageBiotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood issued the following statement in support of the U.S. Senate’s approval of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA): “BIO commends the bipartisan Senate approval of FDASIA, which includes a reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act...

Antibiotic Policy Solutions An Ocean Apart Between U.S., EUGovernments are taking on different initiatives to solve the problem of developing products to address worries about drug-resistant bacteria. The EU is helping to fund trials, while the U.S. is offer extended exclusivity.

NORD Calls Senate Bill Most Important Since Orphan Drug ActPraises Senate for Addressing Needs of Rare Disease Patients WASHINGTON, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) applauds legislation passed today by the U.S. Senate -- S 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety & Innovation Act of 2012 (FDASIA) – and says it contains the most comprehensive improvements to public policy f...

The Center for Connected Medicine Welcomes GE Healthcare as Founding PartnerThe Center for Connected Medicine, a global thought leader defining the transformation of health care, today announced that GE Healthcare has joined the organization as a founding partner. A provider of transformational medical technologies and services shaping a new age of patient care, GE Healthcare joins four other founding organizations and nine strate...

Tobacco firms have failed to act on radioactivity in cigarettes. Here’s why.It’s a plot worthy of Hollywood – a fatal radioactive poison, secret documents, suppressed information, and drugs. But this isn’t fiction. This is the story of the tobacco industry’s knowledge, policy and inaction around radioactive mater...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Nation’s Top Health, Employee Benefits Lawyers to Host Preview of Supreme Court Decision on Health Care ReformThe nation's top-ranked health and employ benefits law firm, McDermott Will & Emery, will host a webinar for members of the press on the potential impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision on the federal health care reform law on Thursday, May 31st at 10:00 a.m. EDT. While the Supreme Court is widely expected to render its decision in June, th...

'Negative leakage' could be key to reducing carbon emissionsThe unilateral efforts of a single country or region to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases could reduce exports, increase imports and lead to higher emissions elsewhere—what economists call "leakage." Unilateral efforts could, however, work...

Eli Lilly Pakistan Chief Says Pricing Policy Deters Pharma InvestmentsAn executive of Pakistan’s Pharma Bureau said the nation’s control on drug prices is deterring investment in the pharmaceutical sector.

Health Care Reform Will Not Translate to Greater Access to Care for Tennessee’s Minority PopulationsDespite reform, minorities in Tennessee will continue to have less access to health care services and poorer health outcomes in general than other Tennesseans, according to the latest study by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Institute. The study entitled Health Care Reform: the Impact on Minority Populations in Tennessee looks at the...

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