GOP Platform Pushes FDA Reform, Says Agency Killing Product Development

GOP leaders pledged to reform FDA so that its focus is on "hard science and approving new breakthrough medicines" rather than "trying to overregulate electronic health records or vaping," according to the party's platform released Monday (July 18). They also say that FDA needs leadership to fix the agency's lack of predictability, consistency, transparency and efficiency. The platform also echoes House Republicans' health reform plan to repeal the ACA, turn Medicare into a premium-support program and shift Medicaid funding to...