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FDA’s Draft Guidance on Externally Controlled Trials Answers Some Questions, Leaves Others Unanswered

FDA Law Blog

The Draft Guidance recommends that, where possible, the outcome should be assessed by individuals blinded to treatment status, which may require re-adjudication of externally controlled data. Sponsors should also propose additional analyses to evaluate the comparability between the trial arms for important covariates.

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A Podcast on Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas

PEMBlog

Inhalant misuse reported to Americas Poison Centers, 2001-2021. You can either get one little individual canister of nitrous, or a big canister which costs about 120 to 120. I would consult a toxicologist because I know that this is rare. Ganetsky M (ed). Updated February 26, 2024. Accessed January 13, 2025.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

I think some individuals thought there was cherry-picking of stories that made it seem like hospice is this bad thing, that it’s taking advantage of vulnerable individuals and it didn’t talk enough about the good things that hospice does. On the other side, there’s another group that thinks, you know what?

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

But neither Kennedy nor President Donald Trump have explained why individual agencies such as AHRQ were targeted for cuts or indicated whether any of their work would continue. “What we’ve been doing isn’t working,” he said. Despite spending $1.9 trillion in annual costs, Americans are getting sicker every year.”