Newsletter - January 16, 2020
Is FDA in Trouble: NY Times Thinks So
FDA is approving new drugs and medical devices too fast, its reviewers are leaving for jobs in the industry they regulate, and it is critically short on resources, the editors of the New York Times opined this week. Another article this week in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) by Harvard researchers, raised similar concerns.... Read More
Google’s Quest for Medical Records will Lead to New Products from Google
A couple of months back, there was a lot of hoopla when it became public that Google made a deal with one hospital chain to access personal medical data of millions of patients without patients’ consent. It seems that was but a tip of the iceberg. This week the Wall Street Journal reports that Google has made several other similar... Read More
Is FDA in Trouble: NY Times Thinks So
FDA is approving new drugs and medical devices too fast, its reviewers are leaving for jobs in the industry they regulate, and it is critically short on resources, the editors of the New York Times opined this week. Another article this week in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) by Harvard researchers, raised similar concerns.... Read More
Google’s Quest for Medical Records will Lead to New Products from Google
A couple of months back, there was a lot of hoopla when it became public that Google made a deal with one hospital chain to access personal medical data of millions of patients without patients’ consent. It seems that was but a tip of the iceberg. This week the Wall Street Journal reports that Google has made several other similar... Read More
