The FDA is about to get a lesson in how prohibition fails
The FDA is quickly getting back to normal now that it appears the worst of the coronavirus waves have passed. And by getting back to normal, we mean plunging headlong…
Government failure and the FDA
When the history of the coronavirus pandemic is written, a chapter or three will have to be devoted to government failures. Not just the usual ones about messaging. But the…
The FDA keep dragging its feet
There’s a lot of world-wide anxiety about the spread of the latest coronavirus variant, and whether it’s more virulent than its predecessors. Time, and science will answer those questions. In…
Milton Freidman is still right
As we review the headlines in the financial press and see more stories about rising prices, supply problems, labor shortages, and outlandish government spending, we’re reminded that once, not so…
The FDA continues to fail the American public
The Food and Drug administration’s role in approving vaccines to combat the coronavirus shed a new level of scrutiny on the critical government agency and its gatekeeper role in America’s…
FDA takes first steps toward allowing over the counter sales of hearing aids
In what could be a victory for both free markets and common sense, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed allowing hearing aids to be sold over the counter….
The FDA gives its first ever approval to marketing a vaping product as a means to quit smoking
The Food and Drug Administration did something unusual recently: for the first time ever, it allowed a vaping system to be legally marketed in the U.S. as a way for…
“What is the FDA waiting for?”
As the Delta variant coronavirus sweeps through the country, the Food and Drug Administration is supposedly working hard to give final approval to the mRNA vaccines that have helped stem…
FDA Barriers to At-Home COVID Tests Finally Weakening
One of the essential tools in fighting the spread of the coronavirus has been fast cheap, and reliable testing. Several companies have proposed just such tests, and offered to get…
Gottlieb Says Still Time to Hit Reset on Disastrous Vaccine Rollout
Former FDA commission Dr. Scott Gottlieb says the current bureaucratized and bungling government effort to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus is failing and needs an immediate reset to avoid bigger…