Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2013 |
A Mother's Plea for Swifter Implementation of Food Safety Regulations An opinion editorial written by Kathleen Chrismer about the need for swift approval and implementation of new food safety regulations. Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal |
Food Safety |
| Dec 31, 2012 |
More Food for Hungry Students: USDA Tweaks School Meals ''Long before school-meal standards were revamped, the Georgia district made improving nutrition a priority. Over the past 10 years, officials slowly introduced more whole-grain foods and fresh produce.'' Source: Time |
School Food |
| Dec 26, 2012 |
''The One Issue Food Activists Should Focus On'' ''Ask a dozen food activists what political change they want to see in 2013 and you’ll get a dozen different answers, maybe two dozen: Restrict sodium in packaged foods. Label genetically modified ingredients. End subsidies to big farms. All are critical. What did meet all the requirements was this: Get antibiotics off the farm and out of the food supply." Source: The Washington Post |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Dec 13, 2012 |
''Drink Ingredient Gets a Look'' Sarah Kavanagh and her little brother were looking forward to the bottles of Gatorade they had put in the refrigerator after playing outdoors one hot, humid afternoon last month in Hattiesburg, Miss. But before she took a sip, Sarah, a dedicated vegetarian, did what she often does and checked the label to make sure no animal products were in the drink. One ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, caught her eye. Source: The New York Times |
Food Additives |
| Dec 12, 2012 |
1990 Pew Scholar Featured in The Washington Post The Washington Post highlighted the research of 1990 Pew Biomedical Scholar Carol Greider in a Q&A article. In the article, Dr. Greider discussed how a hunch she had as a young researcher led to the discovery of the enzyme telomerase, which has potential applications in aging and cancer and won her the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Source: The Washington Post |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 29, 2012 |
''Generic Drug Maker Stops Making Cholesterol Pill'' Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, the largest producer of the generic version of Lipitor, has halted all production of the drug until it can figure out why glass particles may have ended up in pills that were distributed to the public, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. Source: The New York Times |
Drug Safety |
| Nov 28, 2012 |
Patent Issued for Gene Technology Discovered by Pew Biomedical Scholar Oxford BioMedica recently purchased exclusive rights to a gene silencing technology developed by Craig Mello, a 1995 Pew Biomedical Scholar and advisory committee chair. Source: Umass Med Now |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 28, 2012 |
2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Discovers Nerve Regeneration Gene Find out how Pew Biomedical Scholar Melissa Rolls led a team of researchers to an important discovery about nerve regeneration. Source: Penn State |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 28, 2012 |
''Drug, Device Makers Anxiously Await U.S. Doctor-Payment Disclosure Rule'' ''Drug and medical-device makers are bracing for a new U.S. rule that will require them to report physician-payment information to the government--a rule some companies and doctors fear will be overly broad and could mislead the public.'' Source: Wall Street Journal |
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| Nov 27, 2012 |
''One-Stop Shopping Proposed For Conflict Disclosure'' "Harmonizing conflict-of-interest standards will depend on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services moving forward to implement the federal Sunshine law, which is now more than a year behind schedule. Industry, consumers and academic stakeholders are all waiting on CMS to issue a final rule." Source: Pharmalot |
Conflicts of Interest, Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
