Posted on 16 February 2012. Tags: dea , FDA , Greg Conko , prescription drug shortage , prescription drugs , srug shortage
Patients are suffering from a nationwide shortage of more than 260 different prescription drugs, many of them for different types of cancer. Senior Fellow Greg Conko explains why the biggest culprit for the drug shortage is Washington. DEA and FDA regulations make it difficult to ramp up supply, or to change prices to more accurately reflect demand.
February 16, 2012: Washington's Prescription Drug Shortage [ 6:32 ] Play Now | |
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Posted on 31 May 2011. Tags: avastin , breast cancer , cancer , cei podcast , FDA , fda approval , Greg Conko
Conko believes this battle boils down to one question: who decides which treatments patients can use? Will it be the FDA, or doctors and patients?
May 31, 2011: FDA Rescinds Approval of Breast Cancer Drug [ 7:55 ] Play Now | |
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Posted on 17 March 2011. Tags: biotech , biotech crops , farming , genetically modified crops , gm crops , gm food , Greg Conko , kenya , regulation , trade
CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko discusses his recent trip to Kenya where he met with members of Parliament and other officials about the best way to regulate the introduction of genetically modified crops to the country.
March 17, 2011: Are Biotech Crops Coming to kenya? [ 9:15 ] Play Now | |
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Posted on 30 November 2010. Tags: FDA , food safety , food safety bill , Greg Conko , inspections , recall , safety legislation , usda
CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko looks at the major provisions of the food safety bill that the Senate is voting on today.
November 30, 2010: Food Safety, Washington-Style [ 8:41 ] Play Now | |
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Posted on 23 September 2010. Tags: CEI , frankenfish , frankenfood , genetic engineering , genetically modified salmon , GM , gm animals , gm food , gm salmon , Greg Conko , salmon
CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko, author of The Frankenfood Myth, talks about the promise and imagined peril of genetically modified salmon.
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Posted on 24 August 2010. Tags: egg recall , eggs , Greg Conko , incentives , regulation , Ryan Young , salmonella , salmonella scare
CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko talks about the salmonella scare that has led to the recall of 550 million eggs 22 states.
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Posted on 22 March 2010. Tags: Alex Nowrasteh , biometric , Canwest News Service , CBO , CEI , classical liberal , Clement Tan , Earth Hour , economics , Economy , EPA , Faiza Wasim , federalism , fr33 , free markets , freedom , GHG , greenhouse gas , Greg Conko , healthcare , Human Achievement Hour , immigration , individualism , iTunes , libertarian , liberty , limited government , Lori Montgomery , Los Angeles Times , medicaid , Medicare , Michael Muskal , personal responsibility , Rand Paul , Reuters , Rira Irish Pub , Ron Paul , SCHIP , self government , Shailagh Murray , small government , Social Security , Timothy Gardner , Vancouver Sun , WWF
Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, Greg Conko and Michelle Minton bring you episode 85. We cover the big vote on health care, immigration protests, challenges to the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules and Human Achievement Hour.
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Posted on 17 November 2009. Tags: AMD , antitrust , AP , Ars Technica , Barack Obama , Bobby DeLaughter , Caren Bohan , CDC , CEI , classical liberal , economics , Economy , federalism , fr33 , free markets , freedom , Gates Foundation , Ghosts of Mississippi , Greg Conko , Holbrook Mohr , Howard LaFranchi , Hu Jintao , hunger , IFPRI , individualism , Intel , iTunes , Jon Stokes , Lars Lokke Rasmussen , libertarian , liberty , limited government , Michael Fumento , personal responsibility , poverty , property rights , Rand Paul , Reuters , Richard "Dickie" Scruggs , Ron Paul , self government , small government , swine flu
Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and William Yeatman bring you Episode 69 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We cover swine flu, global warming, a corrupt judge, the fight between Intel and AMD and battling world hunger.
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