Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Dec 24, 2011 |
''Advocate favors new disclosure rules for payments to doctors'' "Proposed federal regulations requiring disclosure of payments by pharmaceutical companies to doctors for such activities as speaking, consulting and research were called a "good start" by an advocate for more accountability." Source: Democrat and Chronicle |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Oct 29, 2009 |
''After credit card outrage, Ohio couple gets relief'' ''Chuck and Jeanne Lane got some good news earlier this week: After more than doubling the Lanes' monthly minimum payment, their credit card company is now slashing their payment." Source: CNN Politics |
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| Jan 7, 2013 |
''After Year-Long Delay, FDA Proposes Major Regulations For Food Safety'' "For the first time in 70 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two major requirements for improving food safety. On Friday, the FDA released two draft rule proposals for food safety that will allow the FDA to shift its focus on preventing, rather than simply reacting, to food borne illnesses." Source: Time.com |
Food Safety |
| Jun 15, 2012 |
''Alexander Statsuk Honored by Pew Charitable Trusts'' "The Pew Charitable Trusts have named Northwestern University chemical biologist Alexander V. Statsuk a 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences." Source: Northwestern University web site News Center |
Biomedical Research |
| May 10, 2013 |
''Algonac High School Students Enjoy Sample Menu Items'' "Representatives from National Food Group handed out samples of what could be on next year’s menu. Students sampled beef barbacoa with roasted vegetables, whole grain cheese ravioli with chunky marinara sauce and baked cod filet. Other items were cranberry oatmeal bars and breakfast items oatmeal chocolate vertical bars and berry apple crisp vertical bar." Source: Times Herald |
School Food |
| Jul 9, 2013 |
"The legislation requiring public disclosure of the financial relationships between healthcare vendors and physicians has been widely discussed in policy circles for years. Critics claimed payments for speaking, consulting, research or even the small trinkets and meals delivered during routine sales calls unduly influenced physician choices and inflated healthcare costs. To combat those effects, Congress required public reporting of those payments in a publicly accessible database. The legislation, labeled the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, was included in the 2010 healthcare reform law." Source: ModernHealthcare.com |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Jun 20, 2008 |
''Americans want to know about pharma freebies, poll finds'' "More than half of the people responding to a national survey by the Boston-based Prescription Project thought it was important to know about their doctors’ relationships with drug companies, but only about a third said they would ask their own physicians about it." Source: Boston Globe |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Nov 1, 2011 |
''Amish-raised chicken on CPS lunch menu'' "Drumsticks from chickens raised on Amish farms without the use of antibiotics will be served at the 473 schools catered by Chartwells-Thompson. The company plans to buy about 1.2 million pounds of unprocessed Amish chicken this year for CPS, the largest district in the nation to make such a commitment." Source: Chicago Tribune |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Aug 5, 2008 |
''And now, a fee to pay your bill'' "As companies strive to keep listed prices low and earnings high, fees have become a quick and handy back-end way to raise revenue." Source: MSN Money |
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| Sep 29, 2009 |
Anger at Bank Overdraft Fees Gets Hotter, Bigger and Louder "Controversial bank account fees, which have fattened banks' bottom lines at the expense of vulnerable consumers, are rapidly becoming a black eye for the industry." Source: USA Today |
