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Comments to FDA Re: Content and Format of Labeling for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products: Requirements for Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling (HRG Publication #1841)
These comments on the FDA's proposed pregnancy and breastfeeding labels criticize the agency for an over-emphasis on often poor human studies and an under-emphasis on animal studies.
[Created on: 08/27/2008]

Party Conventions Are Free-For-All for Influence Peddling
Party Conventions Are Free-For-All for Influence Peddling
[Created on: 08/18/2008]

The Arbitration Debate Trap: How Opponents of Corporate Accountability Distort the Debate on Arbitration
The Arbitration Debate Trap: How Opponents of Corporate Accountability Distort the Debate on Arbitration
[Created on: 07/25/2008]

Public Citizen Presses CPSC for Data Showing its Record on Notifying the Public About Dangerous Products
Public Citizen Presses CPSC for Data Showing its Record on Notifying the Public About Dangerous Products
[Created on: 07/10/2008]

Colombia's Horrific Labor Abuses Are Among a Long List of Reasons to Oppose the Colombia FTA
Colombia's Horrific Labor Abuses Are Among a Long List of Reasons to Oppose the Colombia FTA
[Created on: 06/05/2008]

Petition to the FDA to Ban Ortho-Evra (HRG Publication #1840)
Public Citizen petitions the FDA to ban the patch over a 6 month period. The patch releases an increased dose of estrogen and doubles the risk of life-threatening blood clots compared to the pill without offering better protection against pregnancy.
[Created on: 05/08/2008]

Cell-Free Hemoglobin-Based Blood Substitutes and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death A Meta-analysis (HRG Publication #1839)
Using hemoglobin as a substitute for blood has resulted in a 30% increased risk of death and a 2.7-fold increased risk of heart attack in clinical trials conducted to date.
[Created on: 05/07/2008]

Comments to FDA Re: Draft Guidance for Industry on Off Label Promotion of Drugs and Medical Devices (HRG Publication #1838)
Public Citizen submits comments on the Draft Guidance for industry that would regulate off label promotion of drugs and medical devices.
[Created on: 04/21/2008]

Public Citizen’s Health Research Group Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2005-2007 (HRG Publication #1837)
Public Citizen uses data from the Federation of State Medical Boards to analyze the rates of serious disciplinary actions taken by state medical boards from 2005 to 2007.
[Created on: 04/21/2008]

Todd Tucker at the Louisville Courier-Journal: Exploring reasons why NAFTA has been bad for U.S.
Nearly 15 years after passage of the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Democratic presidential primary race has pushed the debate about trade back to center stage. Polls show that growing numbers of Americans, including Republicans, think NAFTA has been a loser for them and the nation, and many politicians agree.
[Created on: 04/15/2008]

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