The American Medical Association (AMA) launches a three-year, multi-million dollar campaign called “Voice For The Uninsured” to spur action to cover the uninsured. The national launch begins today with a Washington, D.C. press conference at the National Press Club and full-page ads in the New York Times and USA Today.
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced that the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to recommend approval of its osteoporosis drug EVISTA(R) (raloxifene HCl) for a new use to reduce invasive breast cancer risk in two populations: postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and postmenopausal women at high risk for breast cancer.
Following Northern Ireland Executive?s decision to implement the independent Pay Review Body?s recommendation of a 2.5% pay award for nurses in full, backdated to 1 April 2007, Dr Peter Carter, General Secretary of the RCN, said:
A call to Gordon Brown to make a new start with doctors, came in the opening speech at the British Medical Association?s (BMA) annual conference. Dr Sam Everington, Acting BMA Chairman, urged the new Prime Minister to avoid future agonies for the NHS ? a health service in which doctors felt under attack.
American Medical Association experts backed away from a controversial proposal to designate video game addiction as a mental disorder similar to alcoholism, saying psychiatrists should study the issue more.
US President Bush disappointed in House Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill. The following is a statement by US President Bush:
News that scientists have derived cells that behave like stem cells from the skin of a mouse is a major scientific breakthrough that underscores the need to continue human embryonic stem cell research, The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said.
Physician assistants (Pas) addressed a broad range of issues ? including overcrowding in emergency departments, retail clinics, reparative therapy, retail-based clinics, deceptive health care advertising, and apologizing for adverse outcomes ? during the 35th annual conference of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), meeting in Philadelphia through May 31.
Health care providers and medical marijuana patients and supporters reacted to Senate defeat of medical marijuana legislation by vowing to renew the fight. SB 650, sponsored by Sen. John Cullerton (D-Chicago), failed by a vote of 22-29, with four voting “present.”
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) President and CEO Billy Tauzin issued the following statement today regarding the importation amendment attached to the PDUFA reauthorization bill: