Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2011 |
''How Safe Are the Drugs in Your Medicine Cabinet?'' "Do you want your new prescription drugs to be made under last century's oversight? Like it or not, that's likely what you're getting -- or worse -- according to recent research from the Pew Health Group. Increasingly, Americans' medicines are made overseas in place where the oversight isn't up to U.S. standards, according to the white paper, After Heparin: Protecting Consumers from the Risks of Substandard and Counterfeit Drugs." Source: Daily Finance |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 14, 2011 |
''White paper lays out reform strategy for US medicines supply chain'' "US think tank Pew Health Group has called for a wide-ranging overhaul of the US pharmaceutical distribution system, including the introduction of a federal serialisation system, in order to protect consumers from unsafe medicines." Source: Securing Pharma |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 13, 2011 |
''Pew track-trace call highlights congressional dallying'' "The FDA should have the power to mandate recalls, subpoena witnesses and documents, and destroy at the border any products that pose a public safety risk. So says Pew Health Group in a just published report, After Heparin: Protecting Consumers from the Risks of Substandard and Counterfeit Drugs." Source: FiercePharma Manufacturing |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 13, 2011 |
''Report Identifies Serious Gaps in Drug Safety Oversight'' "Americans' medicines are increasingly manufactured in developing countries, where oversight is lower than in the United States, according to a new white paper by the Pew Health Group." Source: Drug Discovery & Development Magazine |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 13, 2011 |
''FDA calls for more congressional oversight on global drug economy'' "The Food and Drug Administration called on Congress Tuesday to make the laws that govern the global prescription drug economy stronger. In a report released Tuesday by the Pew Health Group, researchers looked at the globalization of pharmaceutical production and the domestic distribution of prescription drug, with an eye on how the FDA can more effectively regulate both." Source: The Daily Caller |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 13, 2011 |
''FDA must be empowered to oversee supply chain; report'' "Congress must grant the FDA additional powers to bring oversight of manufacturing inline with shifts in production practices, according to a report. In a report titled After Heparin, Pew Health Group breaks down current weaknesses in the supply chain and proposes fixes. Empowering the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the main themes of the Pew report." Source: in-Pharma Technologist |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 13, 2011 |
''Pew Study Finds Gaps in FDA Oversight of Imported Drugs'' "The Food and Drug Administration needs much more power to protect the U.S. supply of drugs as more and more are made in other countries, the Pew Health Group reported on Tuesday." Source: National Journal |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 13, 2011 |
''Globalised supply chains threaten drug safety'' "The globalisation of manufacturing and use of increasingly complex supply chains in the drugs and chemicals industries leaves millions at risk of counterfeit, adulterated and substandard pharmaceuticals, a new report has claimed." Source: Procurement Leaders |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 12, 2011 |
''Consumer Confidential: Outsourced meds, Social Security tool, Casey Anthony hoax'' "Where does our medicine come from? Increasingly, the answer is overseas, where safety standards can be lower." Source: The Los Angeles Times |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 11, 2011 |
''The Doctor Is Out (In the Community)'' "Many of the most urgent health problems facing the nation—like diabetes, asthma, obesity and injuries—are shaped by conditions in the places where we live, work and play. The United States spends more money on health care per person than any other country—$2.5 trillion in 2009, yet our health statistics consistently lag behind other developed nations." Source: The Public Health Law Network |
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