FDA to Receive More Money from Drug Manufacturers, but Denies Undue Influence

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More to write Congress about. It makes me sick. Click here to Subscribe and receive the weekly Pulse of Health Freedom NewsletterPulse of Health Freedom - May 26, 2009FDA to Receive More Money from Drug Manufacturers, But Denies “Undue Influence”The FDA is raising its industry user fees again. But many in Congress worry that the $828 million they are asking from manufacturers of medical and food products, including hundreds of millions drug manufacturers pay annually to help speed the review of new medicines, might compromise the agency's independence. Even the current FDA head says, “I think these concerns reflect a broader lack of trust in the FDA.”Nineteen Members of Congress Ask FDA for Official Warning About Mercury in Dental Filling AmalgamsA bipartisan letter authored by Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN), and co-signed by congresswomen and men from twelve states, has been sent to the FDA urging them to require clear warnings about mercury toxicity to every dental patient, and to establish specific protections for children and young women. Mercury is the third most toxic element, and vapors from mercury can traverse the placenta of pregnant women and threaten the development of the fetus.Vermont Acts to Make Drug Makers’ Gifts PublicA new Vermont law will make drug and device manufacturers publicly disclose all gifts (in direct payments, speaking and consulting fees, grants, food, lodging and transportation, and books) they make to healthcare providers because of potential conflicts of interest. The law is the most stringent state effort to regulate the marketing of medical products to doctors. It would also ban nearly all industry gifts to doctors, nurses, medical staff, pharmacists, health plan administrators and healthcare facilities.Support Health Freedom________________________To ensure that we can continue to defend health freedom with these types of campaigns, and so that we can expand our efforts in order to create the biggest impact possible, we need your financial support. Please consider joining AAHF today for as little as $25. This will help to keep our issues in the forefront with decision makers. Please note that donations to AAHF are not tax-deductible. To become a member of AAHF, please visit our website.Announcements_______________________________AAHF is a supporter of the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists (CBNS) of the American College of Nutrition which administers an examination for professionals with an advanced degree seeking certification as Certified Nutrition Specialists (CNS). The CNS designation is applicable in a variety of professional settings, including but not limited to: hospital or clinic-based nutrition support, laboratory or field research, individual and group counseling, classroom teaching, commercial development of new nutritional products, authorship and public policy development.For more information regarding the eligibility requirements for becoming a Certified Nutrition specialist (CNS), please go to the CBNS website. Share your thoughts on health freedom issues! Take our Health Freedom Survey. For More News________________________________ The Pulse of Health Freedom covers the political side of integrative medicine, but if you are also interested in general natural health related news you can visit http://www.naturalhealthsciencenews.org/. NaturalHealthScienceNews.org is a free service that collects the day’s top natural health and science news stories from the web’s most reputable news sources. You can also to NaturalHealthScienceNews.org's daily email newsletter and have these stories delivered right to you. AAHF Pulse of Health Freedom___________________This newsletter is copyrighted material (copyright by American Association for Health Freedom, 2009) but we hope you will forward, copy, or reprint it without prior authorization. Just remember to note the source and date -- American Association for Health Freedom, May 26, 2009. Click here to Subscribe and receive the weekly Pulse of Health Freedom Newsletter

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don At 06:23 PM 5/26/2009, Raven wrote:

 

 

>More to write Congress about. It makes me sick.

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>Pulse of Health Freedom - May 26, 2009

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><http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=QUiAUtrXtDNTLBpWqWEapA..>FDA

>to Receive More Money from Drug Manufacturers, But Denies “Undue Influence”

>The FDA is raising its industry user fees again.

>But many in Congress worry that the $828 million

>they are asking from manufacturers of medical

>and food products, including hundreds of

>millions drug manufacturers pay annually to help

>speed the review of new medicines, might

>compromise the agency's independence. Even the

>current FDA head says, “I think these concerns

>reflect a broader lack of trust in the FDA.”

>

><http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=GkT2PXQ8IJoXPNdtzKRRfg..>Nineteen

>Members of Congress Ask FDA for Official Warning

>About Mercury in Dental Filling Amalgams

>A bipartisan letter authored by Rep. Diane

>Watson (D-CA) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN), and

>co-signed by congresswomen and men from twelve

>states, has been sent to the FDA urging them to

>require clear warnings about mercury toxicity to

>every dental patient, and to establish specific

>protections for children and young women.

>Mercury is the third most toxic element, and

>vapors from mercury can traverse the placenta of

>pregnant women and threaten the development of the fetus.

>

><http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=U49JZ3cAT--Frc5XdBwmdQ..>Vermont

>Acts to Make Drug Makers’ Gifts Public

>A new Vermont law will make drug and device

>manufacturers publicly disclose all gifts (in

>direct payments, speaking and consulting fees,

>grants, food, lodging and transportation, and

>books) they make to healthcare providers because

>of potential conflicts of interest. The law is

>the most stringent state effort to regulate the

>marketing of medical products to doctors. It

>would also ban nearly all industry gifts to

>doctors, nurses, medical staff, pharmacists,

>health plan administrators and healthcare facilities.

>

>Support Health Freedom________________________

>

>To ensure that we can continue to defend health

>freedom with these types of campaigns, and so

>that we can expand our efforts in order to

>create the biggest impact possible, we need your

>financial support. Please consider joining AAHF

>today for as little as $25. This will help to

>keep our issues in the forefront with decision

>makers. Please note that donations to AAHF are

>not tax-deductible. To become a member of AAHF,

><http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=qYYrF2VV_GwOvcJlKRMouQ..>please

>visit our website.

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>Announcements_______________________________

> * AAHF is a supporter of the Certification

> Board for Nutrition Specialists (CBNS) of the

> American College of Nutrition which administers

> an examination for professionals with an

> advanced degree seeking certification as

> Certified Nutrition Specialists (CNS). The CNS

> designation is applicable in a variety of

> professional settings, including but not

> limited to: hospital or clinic-based nutrition

> support, laboratory or field research,

> individual and group counseling, classroom

> teaching, commercial development of new

> nutritional products, authorship and public policy development.

> * For more information regarding the

> eligibility requirements for becoming a

> Certified Nutrition specialist (CNS), please go

> <http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=aC4Rd9VI_TunXmkYnQnINw..>to the CBNS website.

> * Share your thoughts on health freedom

> issues!

> <http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=qu8n8wy65IpKY8mhqrRVuQ..>Take

> our Health Freedom Survey.

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>For More News________________________________

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>The Pulse of Health Freedom covers the political

>side of integrative medicine, but if you are

>also interested in general natural health

>related news you can visit

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lthsciencenews.org/.

>NaturalHealthScienceNews.org is a free service

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>reputable news sources. You can also

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>newsletter and have these stories delivered right to you.

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