I thought that I would share the testimony I delivered at the recent FDA hearing on Satraplatin: My name is Joel T. Nowak. I am here today as a consumer and as a representative of the advocacy and educational group Malecare. Neither I, nor any member of my family have any financial interest nor received [...]
Lately, I have been writing about the significant disappointment and anger I feel towards the FDA. Congress has directed the FDA and the FDA’s own regulations require that they have a system for accelerated approval of drugs. Yes, they do have the regulations in place, but they have stopped abiding by their own rules. The [...]
Today’s Wall Street Journal (8-2-07) had a front-page piece entitled Burden of Proof: Cancer Drug Fails, So Maker Tries New Pitch. Geeta Anand of the Wall Street Journal wrote it. The story is about Garo Armen and the biotech company, Antigenics Inc., which he founded 12 years ago and at a cost of 300 million [...]
If you qualify and are approved for Social Security Disability and you are also receiving other government benefits, the amount of your Social Security Disability benefits may be reduced. Some public benefits will not affect your Social Security disability benefits. If you receive Social Security disability benefits from one of the following types of public [...]
Under certain circumstances members of your family may also qualify for social security disability benefits if you are approved to receive benefits. These circumstances include: • Your spouse, if she is 62 or older; • Your spouse, at any age if she is caring for a child of yours who is younger than age 16 [...]