Featured Issue Briefs
The Battle on the Home Front: Jonathan Gadsden's Story
Marine Lance Corporal's story reflects the growing need for new antibiotics that can treat dangerous diseases, against which most drugs are useless. Read More
Facilitating Medical Device Innovation: De Novo Reform
The de novo process -- which requests lower-risk reclassification of medical devices and entry into the marketplace -- as it exists now is not achieving its purpose and has instead added unnecessary and time-consuming requirements. Read More
Food Products Recalled by FDA
Since President Obama signed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act into law, at least 149 FDA-regulated food products have been recalled due to potential pathogenic contamination. Read More
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| Date | Issue Briefs | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2010 |
Comprehensive Fact Sheet: Denmark’s Ban on Growth Promoting Antibiotics in Food AnimalsIn human medicine, antibiotic use is generally confined to treatment of illness. In contrast, antibiotics and other antimicrobials (drugs that kill microorganisms like bacteria) often are routinely given to food animals in the U.S. in order to grow animals faster and to compensate for unsanitary conditions on many industrial farms. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Feb 24, 2010 |
How Antibiotic Resistance HappensFrequent, low doses of antibiotics that are not strong enough to kill all bacteria encourage some bacteria to develop means of survival, or to become “resistant.” More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 1, 2010 |
Antibiotic-Free Food Animal ProductionAs a result of increasing consumer demand, organic products have become more mainstream, appearing now in an estimated 73 percent of grocery stores. As availability of organic products has grown, consumption patterns have shifted to reflect this availability. Where consumption of organic goods used to be the lifestyle choice of a small group of consumers, today more than two-thirds of Americans admit to purchasing organic products occasionally. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 3, 2010 |
Capitol Hill Briefing: Alternatives to Routine Antibiotic Use in Food AnimalsOn March 2, 2010, Pew hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill with Bill Niman, founder of Niman Ranch; Steve Ells, co-CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill; and other successful livestock producers and businesspeople who discussed how they sustain profitable ventures based on antibiotic-free meat production. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 10, 2010 |
Pew Statement on Energy and Commerce Drug Safety Hearing"Two years after dozens of Americans lost their lives to contaminated heparin, we are still unable to protect U.S. consumers from many of the risks of pharmaceuticals manufactured in foreign factories. It is time for Congress to take action to better protect health." More info |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Mar 19, 2010 |
Testimony: House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesAntibiotic-resistant infections have been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as one of the top public health challenges in the United States. Massive use of medically important antibiotics like penicillin and tetracycline in food animal production is a significant contributor to this problem. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 22, 2010 |
Legislative text of Physician Payment and other transparency provisions included in H.R. 3590Legislative text of Physician Payment and other transparency provisions included in H.R. 3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009. Passed by the Senate (12/24/09) and the House (3/21/10). More info |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Mar 23, 2010 |
Federal Reserve Issues Final Rules on Gift CardsThe Federal Reserve Board issued its Regulation E Final Rule on gift cards as required by the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009. The Pew Safe Credit Cards Project submitted a letter to the Federal Reserve during its proposed rule comment period requesting that the Fed consider limiting the amount of any such monthly fee. More info |
Credit Cards |
| Mar 23, 2010 |
Physician Payments Sunshine Provisions in Health Care ReformThe Physician Payments Sunshine provisions in health care reform legislation require drug and medical device manufacturers to publicly report gifts and payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals. More info |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Apr 1, 2010 |
Toxic Chemicals and a Child's Brain DevelopmentToday, one in six children in the United States has a developmental or learning disability. Some experts say many of these may be due in part to early exposures to toxic chemicals. The number of children diagnosed with these disabilities has increased dramatically over the past four decades. More info |
Environmental Risk |
