Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2010 |
''Fed proposes rule to limit credit card fees'' "In the latest move to overhaul consumer banking practices, the Federal Reserve unveiled a preliminary rule last week to address pesky credit card fees such as late and over-limit charges. The rule — which will be finalized after the public is given a chance to comment — is as notable for what it doesn't do as for what it does." Source: USA Today |
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| Mar 19, 2010 |
''Carol Greider and the Nobel Prize'' "Carol W. Greider, Ph.D., a 1990 Pew scholar in the biomedical sciences and now professor of molecular biology and genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing the award with Jack W. Szostak of Massachusetts General Hospital and Elizabeth H. Blackburn of the University of California at San Francisco." Source: Trust Magazine |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 19, 2010 |
Carol Greider and the Nobel Prize "Carol W. Greider, Ph.D., a 1990 Pew scholar in the biomedical sciences and now professor of molecular biology and genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing the award with Jack W. Szostak of Massachusetts General Hospital and Elizabeth H. Blackburn of the University of California at San Francisco. The three scientists solved the biology question of how chromosomes, which contain DNA molecules, can be copied in a complete way during cell division and how they are protected against degradation. They showed, as the Nobel Assembly put it, that “the solution is to be found in the ends of the chromosomes—the telomeres—and in an enzyme that forms them—telomerase.” Source: Trust Magazine |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 19, 2010 |
Risk and Reward: An Interview with the Pew Health Group's Shelley Hearne In September, at an event in Iowa focused on food safety oversight, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin hailed Pew as “a true national treasure” and “a major source of light—and enlightenment.” That sentiment reached the core of the Pew Health Group’s commitment to improving public policy and informing the public by conducting rigorous analysis and developing fact-based solutions. Trust asked managing director Shelley Hearne to describe the strategy behind her multifaceted program, which ranges from enhancing food safety oversight and eliminating medical conflicts of interest to reform of credit-card industry practices. Source: Trust Magazine |
Food Safety |
| Mar 22, 2010 |
Americans should not have to worry about hidden dangers in the products they use every day—in the medicines they take, the food they eat or the financial and consumer items they rely on. The Pew Health Group implements Pew founder Joseph N. Pew Jr.’s vision of telling the truth and trusting the people by shining a light on potential and actual hazards in these products while advocating for policies and practices that reduce unacceptable risks to the health and well-being of the American public. Source: Pew Prospectus 2010 |
Health Topics |
| Mar 23, 2010 |
''Top psychiatrist calls for ethics cleanup around 'Big Pharma''' "American psychiatrists need to break away from a "culture of influence" created by their financial dealings with the drug industry, the head of the National Institute of Mental Health said in a leading medical journal." Source: Associated Press |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Mar 31, 2010 |
''Pfizer Gives Details on Payments to Doctors'' "Pfizer, the world’s largest drug maker, said Wednesday that it paid about $20 million to 4,500 doctors and other medical professionals for consulting and speaking on its behalf in the last six months of 2009, its first public accounting of payments to the people who decide which drugs to recommend." Source: The New York Times |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Apr 1, 2010 |
''Pfizer Paid Doctors, Hospitals $35 Million'' "Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday it paid about 4,500 doctors and hospitals $35 million during the second half of last year to study how the company's medicines work and to promote the treatments, in its first public disclosure of payments to the professionals and institutions that test and prescribe its products." Source: The Wall Street Journal |
Conflicts of Interest |
| May 28, 2010 |
''Maker of children's drugs accused of hiding Motrin recall from public'' "The company at the center of a massive recall of children's Tylenol and other popular over-the-counter products tried to perform a "phantom recall" of defective Motrin by sending contractors around the country to buy up the medicine from stores without alerting regulators or the public, according to the chairman of a Congressional committee investigating the company." Source: The Washington Post |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jun 5, 2010 |
''High APR? Don't worry, you can still negotiate'' "In the never-ending battle between credit card companies and their customers over interest rates, consumers still hold at least some of the cards." Source: CNN Money |
