FDA should apply equal rigor in assessing food claims and drug approvals, says new report

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should apply the same rigor to evaluating the science behind claims of foods’ and nutritional supplements’ health benefits as it devotes to assessing medication and medical technology approvals, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

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PCMA: Proposed Overhaul of FEHBP Pharmacy Benefit Would Undermine Cost-Saving Tools, Reduce Choices for 8 Million … (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt released the following statement on today’s Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee on House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)

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PCMA: Proposed Overhaul of FEHBP Pharmacy Benefit Would Undermine Cost-Saving Tools, Reduce Choices for 8 Million … (Business Wire via Yahoo!…

WASHINGTON—-Pharmaceutical Care Management Association President and CEO Mark Merritt released the following statement on today’s Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee on House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program : “The FEHBP has long been touted as a gold standard for employee benefits and is …

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PCMA: Proposed Overhaul of FEHBP Pharmacy Benefit Would Undermine Cost-Saving Tools, Reduce Choices for 8 Million … (Business Wire via Yahoo!…

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Reader wants to be a commissioner, needs job info (York News-Times)

Q: What exactly does a county commissioner do? How much time does it take? How much do they get paid? Do they get health benefits? I might run for one of the seats, but I don’t know what the job entails

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Reader wants to be a commissioner, needs job info (York News-Times)

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