Paying for drug approvals: Who's using whom?

Article Abstract:

Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) is to come up for renewal in 2007 under which pharmaceutical companies pay fee to assess their drug application, which is used to pay salaries of the U.S. Food, and Drug Administration (FDA) agency scientists who review their drugs. The consequence of PDUFA, which was enacted to overcome fund shortage of FDA, is that their scientists feel that they are accountable to the pharmaceutical companies whom they actually suppose to regulate.

Financial management, Pharmaceutical preparations, Management, Pharmaceutical industry, Finance, Company business management, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Drug approval, Company financing

---

Disciplinary action by medical boards and prior behavior in medical school

Article Abstract:

The association of disciplinary action against practicing physicians with prior unprofessional behavior in medical school is investigated and the specific types of behavior that are most predictive of disciplinary action against practicing physicians with unprofessional behavior in medical school is examined. Results reveal that disciplinary action among practicing physicians by medical boards are strongly associated with unprofessional behavior in medical school.

Practice, Interns (Medicine), Medical interns

---

Improving health care for the lesbian and gay communities

Article Abstract:

A little formal education is present about sexual minority groups included in medical training, as a result of which, knowledgeable providers are often uninformed about basic issues that are essential to providing high-quality care to this population. Individual clinicians can adapt their own practices, and can work with medical schools and professional organizations to incorporate more information, at all educational levels, about the care of this population.

United Kingdom, Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Care Services, Medical & Health Services, Medical care, Medical care (Private), Gay and lesbian rights

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Exploring our role as health care providers - the oral-medical connection. A job well done, but still a long way to go
• Abstracts: Taking a swab. Using honey to inhibit wound pathogens. Blood glucose monitoring
• Abstracts: CT angiography: Clearer picture, fuzzier reception. Rationalization of care for acute coronary syndromes. Electron-beam computed tomography for coronary calcium: A useful test to screen for coronary heart disease?
• Abstracts: Fatal outcome of human influenza A (H5N1) is associated with high viral load and hypercytokinemia. Fatal avian influenza A (H5N1) in a child presenting with diarrhea followed by coma

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.