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...supposed to make sure that new drugs are safe and effective and that promotional claims about them don't get out of hand, but the agency defines efficacy as outperforming a sugar pill. "You do not have to show one drug is better than another," explains Dr. Robert Temple, who heads the FDA's office of medical policy. (The exception: new drugs are tested against older therapies in devastating ailments like cancer or AIDS, when it would be unethical to give a control group placebos.) While Temple plainly sees the value of studies comparing new drugs to old, it might...
...replacement has been a “complicated” process but he expected to find a new chief for Harvard Management Company soon. He said the search committee—which includes two former secretaries of the Treasury, University President Lawrence H. Summers and Corporation member Robert E. Rubin ’60—was in the process of interviewing specific candidates...
Wednesday, Oct. 5. “Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground.” Robert D. Kaplan, longtime correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, gives an eyewitness account of American armed forces engaged in the war on terrorism in the Philippines, Mongolia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. 6:30 p.m. Harvard Book Store...
Thursday, Oct. 6. “Life of David.” Former U.S poet laureate Robert Pinsky discusses his new book on the biblical king. 6:30 p.m. Harvard Hillel, Beren Hall...
...Becoming Chief Justice of the United States would be vindication of his powerful work ethic, exceptional abilities, and competitive drive,” Robert N. Bush ’77, who roomed with Roberts for three years in Straus Hall and Leverett House, wrote in an e-mail earlier this month...