Public Citizen's health and safety work protects consumers by advocating for safer, more effective drugs, medical devices and other products; equitable health care services and more physician accountability; safer cars and trucks; and improvements in worker safety. View the Health Research Group's work listed chronologically.
The advice to HHS to test the anthrax vaccine on children should be rejected because such studies would be unethical and irresponsible, Public Citizen said in a letter sent to the agency.
May 22 - Statement and Letter from Public Citizen Supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Amendment Holding Pharmaceutical Companies Accountable for Fraud May 17 - Ranking of State Medical Boards' Disciplinary Actions: 2009-2011 May 15 - Supplement to Petition to FDA for Tigecycline Black Box Warning May 10 - Statement of Dr. Michael Carome on Key House Committee to Vote on Legislation That Would Weaken Medical Device and Prescription Drug Regulations May 9 - Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Expressing Serious Concerns Regarding Legislation Renewing FDA User-Fee Programs May 8 - Testimony on Rilonacept (ARCALYST) to the FDA's Arthritis Advisory Committee May 7 - Medical Device Industry at a Crossroads: Will Industry Profits Trump Patient Safety?
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