March 15, 2011
On March 11, Dr. Margaret Hamburg presented testimony before the House Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies regarding funding for the FDA. Her remarks did a capable job of outlining what the FDA does and … Continue reading →
February 10, 2011
Yesterday morning I posted about impending budget cuts to FDA for the next fiscal year and posed the question whether or not less money might equate to less enforcement. Ironically, a short time later, the House Appropriations Committee released a … Continue reading →
January 10, 2011
Many were surprised when at the end of the 111th Congress, the Food Safety Modernization Act was passed and in early January, President Obama signed it into law. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg was a key proponent of the bill, and … Continue reading →
July 22, 2010
Recently there have been a number of new laws proposed or enacted aimed at giving the FDA more authority over both food and drugs. However, another area (often overlooked) of regulatory authority is cosmetics. This week, however, cosmetics takes on … Continue reading →
March 1, 2010
Last week, the excruciatingly long and unpredictable path of health care reform passed another milestone when President Obama held a summit at Blair House among leaders in Congress to try to forge out a bipartisan approach to a bill that would … Continue reading →