Bioethics Forum Essay
The Secret Life of the Lunesta Butterfly
I’ve got an idea I’m just dying to pitch to the FDA. You know those fantastically seductive animations the drug companies are using to sell prescription medications? There’s the allergy...Bioethics Forum Essay
Walk it Off, Crybaby
On a recent installment of This American Life, Ira Glass asks this pressing question. Why are rich and powerful people so often the world’s biggest crybabies? Exhibit A: the whining...Bioethics Forum Essay
The 21st Century Cures Act Sparks Values Debate
On December 13th, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act, a bipartisan, multidimensional health research and development bill. The act allocates $4.8 billion to the National Institutes of Health...Bioethics Forum Essay
Addyi Rises Again
Addyi, a drug that made a splash when it was approved in the summer of 2015 as the first “female Viagra,” is back. Its rise, fall, and rise again is...Hastings Center News
Hastings Center’s Rosemary Gibson Honored for Enhancing Health Care Quality
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Should the FDA Have Approved the New Alzheimer’s Drug?
Should Patients Take It? Monday, July 12, 2021 The Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval of a new Alzheimer’s drug has created a firestorm of praise and outrage. Dissenters include...Read “Should the FDA Have Approved the New Alzheimer’s Drug?”
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TRANSCRIPT – Breakthrough or Breakdown: Should the FDA Have Approved the New Alzheimer’s Drug?
[Transcript created by voice recognition] Danielle Pacia, The Hastings Center Hello and welcome to Breakthrough or Breakdown. Should the FDA have approved the new Alzheimer’s drug, a Hastings Center conversation?...