Companies Buying Health Data For Developing Products Should Pay Patients

As hospital and insurance systems monetize their patient databases by selling data to information companies like Google, they should share some of the financial rewards with the patients to avoid being accused of exploiting patient data for personal gains, according to ethicists as the University of Pennsylvania. Google and other information technology companies are acquiring … Read more

Buying Patient Opinion at FDA Advisory Committee Meetings is the Norm

Patient presentations at FDA Advisory Committee meetings are very important for swaying the votes of reluctant jurors to vote in favor of approval. Almost none of the patient presentations are against the drug under review and all of them are paid for by the company who product is being debated by the Advisory Committee. A … Read more