Letter from U.S. Senator Arlen Specter to Harold Varmus

Letter from U.S. Senator Arlen Specter to Harold Varmus

Contributor(s):
Varmus, Harold
Specter, Arlen
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of the Director
Publication:
Produced: 25 March 1996
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Complementary Therapies
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Specter had recently appeared on a television show about alternative medicine, where two alternative medical practitioners noted that saw palmetto (banned by FDA in 1990) wasn't included in NIH clinical trial for benign prostatic hypertrophy -- he wanted to know why not. He also wondered about a recent Washington Post article about how research by corporations stifles the exchange of scientific info. Varmus responded on May 6.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584926X378 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
MVBBXP
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X378
Archival Collection:
The Harold Varmus Papers (Profiles in Science)