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At Long Last, FDA Unveils Plan for Rare Disease Innovation Hub

FDA Law

As originally proposed, this new Committee could be convened in conjunction with the existing medical specialty area-focused advisory committees, akin to the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. those reviewed by the CDER Division of Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics).

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Like this year, 287 geriatric fellows started in 2023, which really isn’t a big change over the last 10 years. And of course those high rates of burnout and exhaustion are present across medical specialties. So every year we get more programs who decide that I’m going to do start a geriatrics fellowship program.