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San Francisco’s drug disposal program hailed as a success, but funding is drying up

San Francisco’s pilot program for drug disposal is being hailed as a success, but it will end in June unless more funding can be found.   The City has suffered setbacks during its long struggle to ensure the safe disposal of unwanted medicines. Most recently, lawmakers were on the verge of passing legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to fund and operate a drug take-back program. Read More

Three areas where Obama can help America innovate

(Editor's note: The following article was written prior to the State of the Union address.) Read More

What death panels? FDA begins process to revoke approval for expensive breast cancer drug Avastin

Not a lot of details have emerged yet about the FDA's decison to revoke approval for Avastin, aside from this brief notice at the Washington Post. Read More
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