Kaiser Permanente Asks FDA To Revise Drug Safety System

Kaiser Permanente has filed a citizen petition asking FDA to rework the "standards, procedures and guidelines" it is using for the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies system.  Kaiser maintains that FDA's current approach to implementing the risk-safety system does not incorporate input from health care providers.

• "Kaiser Permanente Charges FDA Drug Approval Process Excludes Health Care Providers" (Cantlupe, HealthLeaders Media, 1/22).