FDA Drug Approval Process
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-08-19/fda-drug-approval-process-0
An FDA advisory board recommended withdrawing government approval for the breast cancer drug, Avastin. Pros and cons of the decision and its implications for FDA's accelerated approval process to treat serious and life threatening diseases.
Guests
Gardiner Harris
science reporter for "The New York Times" and author of the mystery novel 'Hazard.'
Dr. Carolyn Hendricks
a medical oncologist affiliated with Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.
William Hubbard
former associate commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration; spokesperson for the Alliance for a Stronger FDA
Dr. Peter Bach
attending physician and director of the Center for Health Policy and Outcomes at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and a former adviser to Medicare.
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