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Category Archives: FDA
How President Steven Greer would handle the pandemic now
Update March 28, 2020- Trump is planning to quarantine the entire Tri-State area, as I advocated for below.
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease, NIH
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Are there any medications to treat coronavirus?
(Also: How infectious and lethal is this Coronavirus COVID-19 compared to regular “flu”?) February 27, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Gilead makes a not-yet-approved antiviral drug called remdisivir and it is being tested right
Posted in - Biotech, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Geriatrics, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Primary care medicine
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President Trump adopts plan by The Healthcare Channel to bring back drug manufacturing jobs
Update February 26, 2020 By Steven E Greer, MD It is happening for real. Politico reports that the Trump administration is planning on using various
How infectious and lethal is this Coronavirus COVID-19 compared to regular “flu”?
February 28, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Just published online in the NEJM is a report with the death rates in China
Posted in - NEJM, CDC, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, Pulmonology
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The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself
March 13, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Holy cow. The PGA Tour cancelled the Players Championship due to fears over the coronavirus.
The Medical Advocate
Now available on Amazon. The Medical Advocate is an important book on the American healthcare system.
The ISCHEMIA trial PI, Judith Hochman, makes egregiously unfounded statements on national TV
November 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD The big news from the 2019 American Heart Association meeting is the large trial known by the acronym ISCHEMIA.
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Congress, FDA, Internal Medicine, NYU, VA
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60 Minutes creates another publicist-paid puff-piece for an unethical medical researcher
December 8, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD CBS’ 60 Minutes featured an extremely unethical PhD medical researcher at Harvard named George
Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk
Update January 8, 2019- President Trump quoted from this story tonight during his talk from the Ova
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, NIH, Primary care medicine, Rehab
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The FDA pathway for biosimilar drug approvals
March 26, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer,
Posted in - Biotech, - Generics, FDA
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Cardiology mafia egregiously obfuscates mortality differences between stents and CABG in EXCEL trial
December 10, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD In my recent book, The Medical Advocate, I excoriated the cardiology community, particularly
Posted in - Medical Devices, - NEJM, - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA
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Is Vitamin-D deficiency overdiagnosed?
November 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham
Posted in - NEJM, - Policy, CDC, Diabetes and endocrinology, FDA, Harvard, Primary care medicine
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The 23andMe TV ads are misleading
April 22, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD
Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
How the FDA regulates compounding pharmacies
April 5, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Few people knew what a compounding pharmacy was until a meningitis outbreak traced to the
Posted in - Policy, FDA
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Newsmax discussion of The Medical Advocate
October 14, 2019- This is my appearance today on Newsmax.
I can’t get no satisfaction (from TAVR)
Update April 6, 2019- An expert source told us that Mick Jagger did have genuine aortic stenosis.
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA
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