http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net feed-30723944 Pam Rutter and Michael Smallberg 2008 Convio Content Management System Module en-us pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-374620991 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/public-health/20121108-pogo-letter-to-warner-fda-conflicts-of-interest.html POGO questions if FDA is dealing well with conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees. Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-303121815 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/public-health/ph-20110112-fda-advisors-who-endorsed-contraceptive.html The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should disregard a joint advisory committee’s support of a controversial birth control pill because four members of the panel had ties to either the contraceptive maker or the maker of a generic version, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) said Wednesday in a letter to the FDA. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-302981297 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/public-health/ph-fda-20120111-pogo-letter-fda-advisors.html Since its creation thirty years ago, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, has identified instances of financial conflicts of interest in the federal government and successfully pressed to correct them. We recently learned of industry ties among four members, including the acting chair, of a joint meeting last month of two FDA advisory committees—ties that were not disclosed to the public at the committee meeting. We are writing to ask that you examine several problems related to this episode. We also ask that you inform us of the FDA’s plans to take corrective action. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-260314955 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/public-health/ph-iis-20110805.html One of the best of our government agencies, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is getting some well-deserved help from Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA). In recent years, Senator Grassley exposed several academic physicians for taking large amounts of money from companies with a direct financial interest in their research, some of it funded by the NIH. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-258199843 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/public-health/ph-fda-20110803.html The Project On Government Oversight is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. As such, we take a keen interest in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which receives around $4 billion a year in federal taxpayer dollars to regulate aspects of almost 25 percent of the U.S. economy. Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-258214911 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/public-health/ph-fda-20110803.html Statements by a top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official supporting looser ethics rules for agency advisory boards are inaccurate and undercut the public trust, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) said today in a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-253711573 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/public-health/ph-fda-20110719.html The Project On Government Oversight is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. We take a keen interest in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which receives around $4 billion a year in federal taxpayer dollars to regulate aspects of almost 25 percent of the U.S. economy. We are concerned about a letter POGO received this spring from Dr. Janet Woodcock, Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the FDA.[1] There is a clear disconnect between what Dr. Woodcock told POGO in the letter and what is happening at the FDA. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-253703319 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/public-health/ph-fda-20110719.html The Project On Government Oversight just sent a letter about veteran's safety to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. In that letter, we asked Dr. Hamburg, once again, to notify patients and prescribers about the potential dangerous interaction between Seroquel and methadone. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-251691105 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/public-health/ph-iis-20110712.html A top advisor to President Barack Obama on ethical issues in medicine and science should be removed as chairwoman of a presidential commission because of her failure to address ethical lapses on her own campus, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) said this week in a letter to President Obama. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-251363330 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/public-health/ph-iis-20110711-1.html An intrusion by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may be about to undermine the integrity of medical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A new rule proposed by NIH will increase transparency in the financial arrangements of NIH funded researchers in medical schools and universities. However, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is concerned that OMB may weaken or block an important part of the proposed new rule. Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500