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Coalition Letter to Senate HELP on FDASLA Act of 2022

The Honorable Patty Murray Chair, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate 428 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Richard Burr Ranking Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate 428 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chair Murray and Ranking Member Burr,  As […]

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Coalition Letter to Energy and commerce Committee on FDA Amendments act H.R. 7667

Representative_____ Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC Dear Representative______, As members of the Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition, we are writing to express our strong support for several provisions in The Food and Drug Amendments Act (H.R. 7667), and our concerns about other provisions that could be improved. The coalition was founded

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Coalition Letter to FDA and CDRH regarding MDUFA Reauthorization

As key stakeholders, we strongly urge the FDA to hold firm in the demands to strengthen pre- and post-market safety performance measures and surveillance as part of the MDUFA Commitment Letter as you enter into final negotiations with industry. MDUFA performance goals should include metrics regarding safety, and not just speed of review, in order to achieve the FDA’s mission to protect patients from unsafe products and enhance public health.

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Public Comments to CMS on Aduhelm for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

We strongly support the CMS proposed decision to limit the coverage of these drugs to patients participating in clinical trials, because it will provide the evidence needed regarding safety and effectiveness for the Medicare population. We agree with CMS that this will enable patients and family members to make informed decisions based on unbiased information pertaining to the known risks and as yet unproven benefits. 

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Public Comments on FDA’s Generic Drugs Commitment Letter

We believe that the proposed recommendations must do more to ensure that generic drugs are providing an equally beneficial treatment for patients and consumers. We appreciate the efforts of the agency to work toward those ends, but as long as patients and consumers are excluded from the GDUFA negotiations, the concerns and priorities of these principal stakeholders will also be excluded.

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Patient and Consumer Stakeholder Consultation Meeting, MDUFA V Reauthorization

It is vitally important that the treatments approved by the FDA are proven to be both safe and effective for all patients. The only way this can be accomplished is through increased diversity and improved equity. There also is a need to improve overall accessibility to information related to medical device development and approval.

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