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09-27-12— Comments by Boutin on potential across-the-board cuts to HHS Agencies mandated by sequestration (Subscription Required)— Inside Health Policy
09-19-12— Boutin discussed benefit-risk from a patient perspective. He was a speaker on the Webinar, "Do Innovative Products Need Innovative Reviews? Perspectives on Innovation in a Data-Driven World." To skip to his comments, move the button below the video screen to the time of 26.23. — Avalere Health/Elsevier Webinar
08-21-12— Comments by Weinberg on greater involvement of patients in FDA regulatory review process (Subscription Required)— Inside Health Policy
08-16-12— Article on a provision in the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) that will get patients involved earlier in the Food and Drug Administration's drug and device review process. Includes comments by Weinberg (Subscription Required)— Law360
08-08-12— Article by Boutin on aligning the benefit-risk drug evaluations, stipulated by PDUFA V, with the needs of patients— The Food and Drug Law Institute
08-07-12— Article on specialty-drug tiers in essential health benefits. Includes comments by Boutin (Subscription Required)— Inside Health Policy
08-01-12— Myrl Weinberg commentary on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and its ramifications for medical research— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
07-10-12— Comments by Boutin on FDA establishing a risk-benefit framework— Nature
06-20-12— Comments by Marc Boutin at the 2012 BIO International Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. — Nature
06-18-12— Patient advocacy organizations and the supreme court decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)— Putting Patients First
06-14-12— Comments by Boutin in article on specialty tier prescription drugs (Subscription Required)— Bend Bulletin
06-01-12— Article on Chris and Hugh Hempel, a couple that have started their own biotech company to conduct a clinical trial for a rare disease that their twin daughters have, Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Article references the MODDERN Cures Act.
— Good Housekeeping
05-17-12— Comments by Boutin in article on personalized medicine— Bloomberg News
05-07-12— Article on FDA Patient Network's Inaugural Meeting. Includes comments by NHC EVP and COO Marc Boutin (Subscription Required)— the Pink Sheet
05-01-12— Myrl Weinberg commentary on the US Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
04-13-12— Article on Joint letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius on the proposed Essential Health Benefits (EHB) prescription drug formulary. Includes comments by Marc Boutin (Subscription Required)— Inside Health Policy
04-13-12— Article on Joint letter to the HHS Secretary Sebelius on the proposed EHBs. Includes comments by Boutin (Subscription Required)— Law360
03-02-12— Comments by NHC's EVP & COO Marc Boutin on HealthResearchFunding.Org, NHC's database of unfunded but worthy health research proposals— California Healthcare Institute Blog
03-01-12— Article on NHC's database HealthResearchFunding.Org titled, "Giving Patients Hope by Helping
Researchers Find Funding," by Marc Boutin— NIH PPP Advisor
03-01-12— Myrl Weinberg commentary on the FDA's Sentinel Initiative and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI), two initiatives that will add to the timely generation of evidence and support the generation of new insight into the safety of medicines and treatment effectiveness— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
02-27-12— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin in article on the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) public meeting to discuss its research agenda— Fiscal Times
02-13-12— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin in article on essential health benefits (EHBs) as outlined within the Affordable Care Act — American Medical News
01-12-12— Article by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin on the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA)— BIOtechNOW
01-03-12— Article titled, "Innovation, Not Spending Cuts, Improves Health Care." Includes mention of the MODDERN Cures Act — Investor's Business Daily
12-20-11— Article on a Memorandum to the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight describing NHC's suggested framework for determining Essential Health Benefits (Subscription Required)— Inside Health Policy
12-15-11— Comments by Marc Boutin in article on establishing essential health benefits (EHBs) as outlined within the Affordable Care Act — Politico
12-05-11— Article on the MODDERN Cures Act of 2011, including comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin - subscription required— FDA Week
11-15-11— NHC is leading patient advocacy organization support for H.R.3497: A bill to promote the development of meaningful treatments for patients, also known as the MODDERN Cures Solution, introduced by Representative Leonard Lance— H.R.3497
11-07-11— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin in article on the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) — Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
10-10-11— Comments by NHC in article on the Institute of Medicine's recommendations for establishing essential health benefits (EHBs) as outlined within the Affordable Care Act — The Hill
10-07-11— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin in article on the Institute of Medicine's recommendations for establishing EHB's— Washington Post
10-07-11— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin in article on the Institute of Medicine's recommendations for establishing EHB's— Wall Street Journal
09-08-11— Article by NHC President Myrl Weinberg and Sally Greenberg, the Executive Director of The National Consumers League, on balancing the needs of consumers and patients in reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA)— The Hill
09-08-11— Comments by NHC President Myrl Weinberg in article about the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP), established as part of the Affordable Care Act — HealthInsuranceSort.com
09-02-11— Comments by NHC President Myrl Weinberg in article on the proposed agreement for the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) (Subscription Required)— Scrip
08-08-11— The CQ Healthbeat article (below) about the NHC's essential health benefits briefing was reposted on the Commonwealth Fund's website
— Commonwealth Fund
08-03-11— Article on NHC's briefing on Essential Health Benefits titled "All Eyes Turn To Essential Health Benefits Package As The Next Big Thing" (Subscription Required)— CQ HealthBeat
08-03-11— Article on NHC's Essential Health Benefits briefing titled "Group Urges Strong Patient Protections In HHS Essential Health Benefits Package" (Subscription Required) — Inside Health Policy
08-03-11— Article on NHC's Essential Health Benefits Briefing titled "Chronic Disease Groups Support Broad Benefits" (Subscription Required) — PoliticoPro
08-01-11— Myrl Weinberg commentary on NHC's draft legislation the MODDERN Cures Solution. This initiative will speed up the development of new and better treatments for patients with chronic diseases and disabilities — American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
07-11-11— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin in article on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review process - subscription required— FDA News
06-27-11— Interview with AdvaMedDx Executive Director Andrew Fish including description and comments on the MODDERN Cures Solution based on an interview with Eric Gascho, NHC Associate Director of Government Affairs (Subscription Required)— The Gray Sheet
06-15-11— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin in article on the MODDERN Cures Solution - subscription required — FDA Week
06-02-11— Myrl Weinberg commentary on essential health benefits. This the second part of a 2-part series on the development of the essential health benefit (EHB) package prescribed under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
06-01-11— Article by NHC President Myrl Weinberg on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)— TogetherRX
05-30-11— BioCentury recently featured NHC Executive Vice President and COO Marc Boutin discussing the MODDERN Cures solution on its weekly television program and in its trade publication— BioCentury
05-30-11— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin on the MODDERN Cures Solution, a proposal to promote personalized health care, create a new category of drugs called dormant therapies, and encourage the development of treatments and cures for patients with unmet medical needs (Subscription Required)— The Pink Sheet
05-18-11— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin on determining what basic health care plans should cover, as published in the National Journal
— The National Journal
05-06-11— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin in article on Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) - subscription required— FDA Week
05-01-11— National Alopecia Areata Foundation Newsletter highlighting the NHC's 2011 Voluntary Health Leadership Conference
05-01-11— Article by NHC President Myrl Weinberg on assessing the benefit-risk of new treatments with the patient in mind — iHealth Connections
04-15-11— Article on encouraging healthy behavior to influence health care systems featuring a quote from NHC President Myrl Weinberg— USA Today
04-01-11— Myrl Weinberg commentary on essential health benefits. This the first of a 2-part series on the development of the essential health benefit (EHB) package prescribed under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
04-01-11— Comments by NHC's AVP of Communications and Marketing Nancy Hughes on NHC's new database www.HealthResearchFunding.org, designed to bring together worthy but unfunded research projects and funding organizations (subscription required)— NIH & NSF Funding Advisor
03-24-11— Myrl Weinberg letter to the editor in response to an article on excessive budget cuts to federal medical research — Financial Times
03-15-11— Unfunded grant applications get a second chance— BioTechniques.com
02-10-11— Second Chance for NIH Grant Applicants— Science Insider
12-01-10— Myrl Weinberg commentary on improving medication information for patients. This article also appeared in Oncology & Biotech News published January 2011
— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
11-02-10— NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin co-authored an article about protecting individual health information while accelerating comparative effectiveness research. The article appears in the November 2010 issue of Health Affairs— ACRO
09-13-10— Comments by NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin on the time it takes new therapies to undergo the approval process and reach patients who need them— BioCentury
08-19-10— Article exploring the efficacy of international patient charters and the implications for patient rights featuring commentary by NHC President Myrl Weinberg— Canadian Medical Association Journal
08-05-10— NHC EVP & COO Marc Boutin took part in an expert panel on improving the FDA's REMS program that appeared in an article published by the Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research— Medical Progress Today
08-01-10— Myrl Weinberg commentary on lowering overall health care costs and the importance of the patient perspective— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
07-01-10— NHC President Weinberg was part of a panel discussion on the use of social networking strategies for an article that appeared in The Journal of Gift Planning, a publication of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning
06-01-10— Myrl Weinberg commentary on the importance of improving patient access to effective new treatments— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
05-27-10— Article on establishment of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) featuring commentary by NHC President Myrl Weinberg— Canadian Medical Association Journal
05-01-10— Myrl Weinberg commentary on encouraging the development of new and better treatments for people living with chronic diseases— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
04-23-10— Special feature in the Wall Street Journal on clinical trials which includes an interview with NHC President Myrl Weinberg— Media Planet
04-12-10— Statement from the National Health Council on the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA). The comments were also featured in an article appearing in BioCentury, The Bernstein Report. — BioCentury
03-22-10— Statement by the Epilepsy Foundation on Passing Health Care Reform Legislation — Epilepsy Foundation
02-09-10— Commentary: Do We Need National Health Standards? — American Chronicle
02-01-10— Myrl Weinberg commentary on molecular diagnostic tests and addressing the unmet needs of patients— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
01-20-10— Desperately Seeking a Patient-in-Chief? — Actively Fused Blog
01-01-10— NHC President Myrl Weinberg commentary on Passionate Pragmatism for Advancing Social Change— ASAE, Associations Now
01-01-10— NHC President Myrl Weinberg commentary on translational research— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
12-17-09— Article evaluating House and Senate health care legislation against the NHC's 5 Principles to Put Patients First — Change.org
11-03-09— Interview with NHC Director of Communications and Marketing Nancy Hughes about the NHC — Physician
11-01-09— NHC President Myrl Weinberg commentary on accessibility, cost, and need for new and better cures through biologics— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
10-26-09— NHC Responds to Time Magazine Article
10-08-09— NEHI Member Spotlight: A Q&A with NHC President Myrl Weinberg— New England Healthcare Institute
10-01-09— Healthcare Reform At What Cost? As publshed in the— NonProfit Times
09-07-09— Healthcare Reform: A Crash Course in Manufacturing Uncertainty, as published in the— American Chronicle
08-09-09— Free meds for the needy: Good policy or good PR? As published in the— Indianapolis Star
08-03-09— Influence Game: Biotech drug lobbying war, as published in the Associated Press
08-01-09— NHC President Myrl Weinberg commentary on A New Healthcare Delivery Model— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
07-25-09— In health-care reform, the 20-80 solution, an op-ed by Council President Myrl Weinberg as published in the — Providence Journal
06-02-09— Leading Patient Advocacy Groups United on Health Care Reform Principles — Reuters News Service
06-01-09— What GINA wants, Will GINA Get? — Biotechnology Healthcare
05-12-09— Reforming Patient Assistance Programs: Perfect World Meets Real - An op-ed by NHC President Myrl Weinberg— Health Affairs
04-15-09— NHC President Weinberg testifies before Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research. This article was also covered in CQ - Health Media Online— Kaiser Daily Report
04-01-09— NHC President Myrl Weinberg commentary on comparative effectiveness research— American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits
03-24-09— Congress and the Council for American Medical Innovation begin the debate over reforming the nation's health care system— Washington Times
03-24-09— Comparative Effectiveness: Its Origin, Evolution, and Influence on Health Care — Journal of Oncology Practice
03-20-09— Prescription Savings Program Expands Eligibility Criteria, Responds to Challenging Economic Times— Medical News Today
03-19-09— Council for American Medical Innovation Debuts Amid Calls for Focus on Economic Growth, Finding Cures— DigiTAL50
03-05-09— President hosts forum to work on health-care changes (PDF) — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
02-10-09— Over 170 Groups Urge Bill Conferees to Include 'Double Duty' Public Health Funds in Stimulus for Jobs and Health Care Savings (PDF)
02-05-09— Health Research Hampered and Patient Privacy Inadequately Protected By HIPAA Privacy Rule (PDF) — Medical News Today
02-05-09— Patient privacy rules hinder research, rules on health data need revising as published in — Columbus Dispatch
07-30-08— Novartis Makes Accessing Prescription Assistance and Disease Management Programs Simpler and Easier for Patients, as published in PRNewswire (PDF)
07-17-08— Gregg and Sununu Urge Swift Senate Action on Federal Michelle’s law legislation, as published on — http://politickernhc.com
07-16-08— Walden supports common sense college-aged health care legislation, as published on — http://walden.house.gov
07-10-08— Local Television Coverage of the Councils Election 2008 News Coverage in Orlando (Video)
06-13-08— Patent reforms can shift research, an op-ed by Council President Myrl Weinberg as published in the Oklahoman (PDF)
12-18-07— Playing Politics with Medical Funding, an op-ed by Council President Myrl Weinberg as published in The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (PDF)
11-30-07— Local Television Coverage of the Council's Election 2008 News Conference (Video)
04-09-07— Patients want more than safety, as published in BioCentury (PDF)
02-27-07— AARC Supports Balanced Approach to Drug Safety (PDF)
01-11-07— FDA Plan Would Widen User Fee Program to Improve Drug Safety, Review TV Drug Ads, as published in CQ Health beat News (PDF)
