Bull in a China shop: Jeff Shuren at CDRH
The Center for Devices and Radiological Health may historically be the most interesting of all FDA’s branches, but the goings-on at CDRH since 2009, the year Jeff Shuren took the helm, have been nothing short of eye-popping. When one looks…
Heresy and Theater of the Absurd: the NIH budget discussion
Sometimes we can avoid irritation in our work lives, sometimes not. Sept. 20 was a day when some pretty annoying themes crept back into my workday via coverage of a session dealing with the NIH budget. Regular readers of the…
Chickens or lemmings? Washington and the FDA budget
There’s a lot of consternation and maybe even a little constipation of late about the U.S. federal budget, and rightly so. If the White House and Congress can’t come to some resolution about budget sequestration, the FDA budget could tighten…
Jim Mazzo: A case of loose lips or a deliberate slip?
There isn’t much that stays behind closed doors these days, and the case of Jim Mazzo, the outgoing CEO of Advanced Medical Optics, might be nothing more than a case of camaraderie-loosened lips … or something more toxic.
Dads and Devices: 20 years of med-tech history
Sooner or later, we’ll all know someone who has lost his or her life to heart disease, and today, Sept. 10, 2012, is the 20th anniversary of my father’s passing. George Edward McCarty had undergone a triple bypass several years…
On This Date in History; Michael DeBakey born 1908
The world of cardiology still holds a spot front and center in the realm of medical technology, so it only seems fitting to celebrate the birth of Michael Ellis DeBakey, MD, whose birth on Sept. 7, 1908 was followed by…
