Tobacco and Dietary Supplements – The Role of the FDA
By Joanna Sax Thank you for inviting me to blog. Later this week, I’ll be attending Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Annual Conference on the FDA in the 21st Century. My paper/presentation addresses...
View ArticleTalking to Your Baby
By Joanna Sax In President Obama’s State of the Union address, he discussed creating affordable pre-school to all children. Studies have shown that early childhood education is associated with...
View ArticleFinancial Conflicts of Interest
By Joanna Sax A recent article in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Vol. 41:1, pp. 315-22) nicely describes the contours of Physician Payment Sunshine Act (PPSA) on pharmaceutical marketing....
View ArticlePharmacist Conscience Clauses
By Joanna Sax Multiple states have statutes that protect a pharmacist from liability for refusing to fill a prescription for an FDA approved medication. Other states have laws that require pharmacists...
View ArticlePolitics and Science
By Joanna Sax On April 29, Scott Burris blogged about a new bill that would allow Congress to set the scientific agenda, which would replace the traditional peer review process. I echo his expressed...
View ArticleGM Crops and the Environment
By Joanna Sax I’ve become increasingly interested in GM crops, in general, after the recent Petrie-Flom Conference on the FDA in the 21st Century. I know there is a lot of discussion and controversy...
View ArticleWhat are GM Foods?
By Joanna Sax [Ed Note: Cross posted at HealthLawProfBlog.] I read a lot of press and listen to the politics surrounding genetically modified (GM) foods; but it appears that there is a lack of...
View ArticleIs Fracking Good or Bad?
By Joanna Sax [Ed. Note: Cross-posted at HealthLawProfBlog.] It probably depends on who you ask. Proponents of fracking laud the energy independence, creation of jobs, environmentally friendly nature...
View ArticleThe Regulation of Dietary Supplements
By Joanna K. Sax [Ed. Note: Cross-posted on HealthLawProfBlog.] How have the massive amounts of dietary supplements on the market evaded significant regulatory oversight for so long? Dietary...
View ArticleSeparating Fact from Fiction
By Joanna K. Sax [Ed. Note: Cross-posted at HealthLawProfBlog] Rhetoric that misconstrues scientific knowledge to garner support for political positions is troubling. For many years, my scholarship has...
View ArticleThe FDA de-regulates the first genetically-engineered animal
By Joanna Sax On November 19, 2015, the FDA de-regulated the AquAdvantage Salmon. This salmon is genetically engineered to grow faster. This is the first time the FDA has de-regulated a genetically...
View ArticleTobacco and Dietary Supplements – The Role of the FDA
By Joanna Sax Thank you for inviting me to blog. Later this week, I’ll be attending Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Annual Conference on the FDA in the 21st Century. My paper/presentation addresses...
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