role in food safety in the country. i was at fda during the time that we saw the e. coli outbreak in spinach it was a catastrophic event and multiple outbreaks of food bourn illness, it was clear that we needed to undertake a wholesale rethinking of that. like any large undertaking, very large statute, and rulemaking process, i think there's been aspects of the implementation that had has been smooth and certain aspects where we had to take more time to give careful consideration to impacts on industry, to trying to achieve the public health purpose in an efficient way, and in trying to make sure that we got it right. so you have seen us delay certain aspects of the rule while others were implemented very efficiently. i think we are now left with sort of a set of issues with respect to the implementation that are the hardest issues. if they were the easy issues we would have solved them up front. what with we are left with now are some of the more challenging issues. you feel very confident looking at that sort of suite of issues an

the role of the fda and the situation cannot be overstated because the fda cannot be -- many others are not aware the face-to-face contact that the fda has with those who are manufacturing our drugs. the inspections that they conduct, the very hands-on work involved in making sure that the manufacturers drugs are safe in the set offices all over the world to do that. it is not the same as having offices or having manufacturers in your own country. and, like the us losing manufacturing capacity, which is continuing to happen, the situation could become even more severe. today, we will discuss the critical issues as well as some possible solutions. and i look forward to very robust discussion. but first, let me introduce you to rosemary gibson. rosemary gibson is a senior advisor at the hastings center and principal author of china rx. exposing the rest of america's dependence on china for medicine. she is the recipient of the highest honor from the american medical writers association in 2014 given a public voice in the interest of critical health issues today. at the george washington u

the fda hasn't updated it since. between that and the lax labeling laws that say that your drug only has to say where it's manufactured or who labeled it or where it was distributed, how are you able to figure out that the number of fame suit calls in china -- pharmaceuticals was, indeed, growing? >> that's a great question. the numbers that are out there are old. i think they obfuscate, and where our data points came from is from people who work in the industry who can come out and, frankly, talk turkey about how, in fact, dependent that we are. and we don't have good official numbers, and is we have to ask the question -- and we have to ask the question why not. the obfuscation about, well, 80% of our ingredients come from two countries. well, they just don't want to split up india and china, and what they also don't want to do is split up the active ingredients from the raw materials. so india may be making the active ingredient, but it may be dependent on china for the raw material. they don't get into that level

we are immediately going to look into having the fda require this. president trump has called for tougher negotiation and better deals. we are going to deliver on that, too. our blueprint brings the latest negotiation tools to our government programs. it also expand private sector negotiation to parts of medicare where right now, hhs just puts the bill -- gets the bill and we pay it. these are some of the 50 actions hhs has planned or under consideration. this is not a one and done deal. it is a comprehensive process and it will take time to reorder an entire complex multibillion-dollar system of our economy. we are going to drive real change in the system while continuing to lead the world in innovation and patient access to medicine. thank you again, mr. president for your vision, your leadership. we are eager to get to work. with real competition in the -- and the right incentives, your blueprint is going to finally put america patients first. at this point, i will be joining sarah huckabee sanders for the press briefing this afternoon and i will b

was nominated head of the fda. the concern was he would focus only on the drug and medical products. and neglect the food. these concerns were unfounded. in his first year here shown he's a vigorous supporter of implementation. a passionate proponent the important role nutrition plays and health and he's committed to the effectiveness of food recall. before handing the mic over and like to leave him with a challenge. some 28 years ago the secretary address this very conference. he said, the grocery store has become a tower of babel and consumers need to be linguists, scientists, and mind readers to understand the many labels they see. eight months after that speech congress passed the nutrition labeling and education. so were looking forward to hearing something as equally memorable this morning. [applause] [inaudible] thank you for the opportunity to be here today. i want to talk about what will be doing with respect to nutrition. it's a tool to reduce morbidity of chronic disease. the layout what will be a ford wo

we will immediately look into the fda requiring this. president trump has called for tougher negotiation and better deals so we will deliver on that as well. our blueprint rings the latest negotiation tolls to our government program. to our government program. thet now, hhs just gets bill and we pay it. these are just some of 50 actions hhs has planned or have under consideration. this is not a one and done deal. it is a comprehensive process reorderill take time to a complex, multi-system of our economy. reale are going to drive change into the system while continuing to lead the world. thank you again, mr. president, for your vision, your leadership . we are eager to get to work with real competition and the right incentives, your blueprint will finally put american patients first. at this point, i will be joining sarah huckabee sanders for the press briefing this afternoon and am able to take questions to provide more detailed information of all of the elements of the president's plan. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gent

it is a little concerning because we want to make sure the fda is aware of the medications.ional sense it makes sense because if you or someone you love, you want to give them every chance. >> there is always that hope issued to give the patient. let's talk about the next issue, a warning to avoid homeopathic teething products. >> go to any baby i'll you will see medications equivalent to the adult ones, orajel that you can rub on babies gums, the fda has for years put warnings out saying you don't take them but they are getting more serious and encouraging them to get them off the cells because there is a component in these medicines that can displace oxygen from the child's blood, from the hemoglobin. this can happen in adults, being a child effects are more severe with a smaller amount of medication. when it comes to teething don't use the numbing medication, gum massage -- bill: will outgrow it. i have not heard about it but leave it to twitter. i started seeing sunscreen pills they are telling people to take and it will protect them from the sun's rays but it is not tru

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. >>> the fda is declaring a shortage of epi-pens. pfizer is blaming manufacturing delays for the shortage. in the meantime, the fda says patients should ask their pharmacy about alternatives. >>> the fda has just approved a cutting-edge new cancer therapy. it is a one-time treatment that reprograms the patient's own cells to fight cancer. one bay area woman says it saved her life. she has been battling lymphoma for more than 20 years. kpix 5's betty yu shows us she is cancer free. >> reporter: like it or not, the hospital has become a familiar place to jackie push on. she was first diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma when she was 37. the 61-year-old concord -- concorde resident remembers when her cancer turned more aggressive and her doctors ran out of options. they sent her to a specialist at ucsf the chemotherapy here did not work either. >> they said we are going to try this and we are going to keep our fingers prost -- crossed. >> reporter: it is a one-time treatment were some of the patient's own immune cells are removed and reprog

you take the fda review away. for companies hoping to receive approval for their products giving away their drugs without signoff from the fda is a nonstarter. nobody will get access to drugs via right to try. >> we have a program to give drugs to patients facing terminal illnesses, we approve 99% of the requests. this is another avenue for patients to get access to experiment all medications, the biggest imperative of this is a clear statement from congress and the american people they want companies to provide access to these drugs, you will see more company step up to provide access to these drugs when still in clinical review to patients are out of options. >> how will this work for someone who has nothing left, no other treatments that are fda approved of worked for me. i'm willing to be a human guinea pig for a chance to fight for my life? >> these are drugs that show promise, they cleared phase i clinical trials, sometimes they are in a phase 2 study, that is the critical study in many cases. many of those

while we were streamlining and doing a lot of streamlining, the current fda approval process can take as scott just said many years, many, many years. for countless patients time is not what they have. they don't have an abundance of time. with the right to try law today patient with life threatening illnesses will have access to experimental treatments that could improve or even cure their conditions. these are experimental treatments and products that have shown great promise and we weren't able to use them before. now we can use them. oftentimes they're going to be very successful. an incredible thing. the right to try law helps those that don't qualify for clinical trials or have exhausted all available treatment options. there's no options, but now you have hope. you really have hope. matthew, who is here with us, is just one example of many americans that today has new cause for hope due to the late progression of his als. he doesn't qualify for any clinical trials in the united states. he wouldn't qualify. couldn't do it. they tried. didn't qualify. despite his limited mobility

and tracking the trump campaign. and fda commissioner is here live to talk about the new law the president signed aimed at giving the terminally ill patients the right to take the judge if they are willing to take the risening. shello, i am shannon bream in washington. the top spy just dined with mike pompeo in new york. the prelude to a full course meal that kicks off tomorrow. they are digging in to what we know from here, hi, rich. >> reporter: mike pompeo is the point person for president trump. and the two top dogs met for 90 minutes tonight. and that's how the evening was described and at 9:00 a.m. there are more discussions with the two. they are working out logistics for a summit and negotiators in korea are trying to find the answer to at this time complex question. what does it take to dismantle north korea's north korea program. the united states wants irreverse able proof of the denuclearization. >> we would make sure we would not end up like we did before. it would require a robust verification program and one t

the fda approved a breakthrough drug to stop migraines before they start. nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres has the story. >> reporter: 16-year-old's lisa's migraines started when she was a freshman. >> it's all over pain, not just your head. >> reporter: she tried dozens of medications and nothing could stop the more than 15 migraines she would have every month. 39 million americans suffer from migraines but now a major breakthrough. the fda approving the first medication in a new class of drugs to prevent migraines. >> it is targeting one of the causes of the disease rather than just being something invented for something else found useful for migraine. >> reporter: it blocks a molecule called cgrp that in high levels can cause the body to have more pain. monthly injections of the new drug cut the number of migraines in half for 50% of patients taking it. >> that could be life-changing. >> for someone having migraines, 50% fewer can make a huge different in their quality of life. >> reporter: it was for lisa. >> makes life easier. >> reporter:

a new warning about sunscreen that the fda calls a scam. the products you should avoid this summer. >>> those stories, plus a court ruling in the case of two parents trying to get their 30-year-old son to move out. >>> also, crane disaster caught on camera. how this all played out. >>> and a biker comes face-to-face with a moose with surprising results. >>> we do say good morning on this wednesday. we're going to start with a possible new crisis in hawaii. a power plant now in the path of the toxic lava from kilauea volcano. >> workers at that plant have been scrambling to prevent gases from being released. meanwhile, we're getting a new look at the damage in the area as we hear from a man who nearly lost his leg when he was hit by flying lava. this morning, a new crisis from kilauea. a wave of lava is now closing in on this power plant that supplies about a quarter of the big island's electricity. authorities say they've removed gas and racing to cap the final open well. it's just the latest in a series of emergencies triggered by the erupt

the fda gave the device a mandatory black box warning in 2016.er the device manufacturer admits there is no way to know who might develop problems. women who have had problems told us the experience affected every aspect of their lives. >> the whole process was very, very, very, dark time for me. >> even now, amanda feels the pain from the choice sunny made ten years ago. >> what are you barking at? >> it started after she and her husband decided two children were enough. her doctor recommended a newer method of permanent birth control. something called essure. >> you can go back to work the next day. noninvasive. no problem at all. >> essure, a medical device designed to prevent preg noon see without surgery. a doctor inserts two small flexible coils in a woman's fallopian tubes where they're supposed to build up scar tesh to and block the tubes. bayer said it had been used in a million women worldwide. advertises it as surgery free, hormone free and worry free. >> it was the worst thing i have ever, pain i have ever been through. >> she says th

bishop curry preached during saturday's royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. >>> the fda wants some teething medicin medicines taken completely off the shelves. >> i think most new parents if they don't use it, they've got it at home, though. the food and drug administration is warning about over-the-counter benzocane, medications used to soothe babies while teething. they say it's a serious risk to babies and want companies to stop selling them. the fda warns it will use regulatory action to force the items off the marke benzocane can cause serious symptoms including shortness of breath, fatigue, light-headedness and rapid heart rate. >> california home owners with rainwater catching systems may catch a tax break on the proposal on the june ballot, at least those getting ready to put them in. they'll install a water capture system and not pay the additional water tax that usually goes with a home improvement. that could save home owners up to a couple hundred bucks a year. that could translate into more than 10,000 gallons of water saved with the rainwater catching system

the fda has told me they'll clarify it. for terminal use only, not the general population.e that no other hope as the president says. >> jon: i have heard from opponents of this who say that it opens up the possibility that snake oil salesmen will come out of the bushes and say hey, try this, it might save yir life. >> i don't think so. i think it's a legitimate questions but two reasons it won't happen. one, it has to pass phase one clinical human trials. i expect the fda to clarify it and keeping it for terminal patients only. it will be fairly well regulated and plenty of drugs out there that need to be tried in this kind of setting. i have so many patients that say i have no hope left, why can't i try that immunotherapy? i struggle to get it for them. it will make it easier. >> jon: a criticism, just because a drug exists the drug companies aren't required to furniture it to that patients. there may be drugs out there that might help somebody but it doesn't guarantee them access, right? >> that's been a huge problem until now. this will shine a spotlight where it belong

that's why the fda is cracking down. >>> let's check the calendar. it's may day, the rallies are under way across the country and in the bay area. this was a look now from our nbc bay area sky ranger in oakland. a few hundred people you can see below peacefully marching toward the sheriff's department. they are there. the rally is beginning. traditionally, these marches are focused on workers' rights. this year, immigration is also part of the message. melissa? >> reporter: may day, it's a political protest mash-up of causes. here in oakland, the focus is on immigration. protesters are jamming up. we have 100 or 200 or so of the protesters. they have banners, signs. they have flags championing different causes. right now, protesters have made their way outside of the sheriff's office. they claim the sheriff's office is targeting immigrants and working hand in hand with ice. support of oakland became a starting point. long shore union members agreed not to work, giving activists an open stage for their march to downtown oakland. >> it's a beautiful th

it mandates drugs pass phase one of the fda's approval process before they can be tried. critics of the bill claim removing the fda from the process could raise risk levels for patients. >>> a sinking feeling setting in at the white house literally. a sinkhole just steps from the white house briefing room, and it's growing. a reporter noticed it last weekend after days of steady rain. the national parks service bringing in experts to figure out what to do next. a science professor tells cnn the geology of the white house does not naturally lend itself to sinkholes, and it could be the result of previous construction on the lawn or just that general swampiness. draining the swamp not going so well for the white house lawn apparently. twitter had a field day with this one, as you might imagine. >>> ahead, conditions in hawaii getting worse for residents as kilauea's eruption nears the three-week mark. next, hear from a man hit by a lava ball as he protected his home. if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers may feel overwhelming. so start your search with

we are in the league going to look into having the fda require this. t trump has called for tougher negotiation and better deals, so we will deliver on that, too. i were blueprint brings the latest negotiation tools to our government programs. also asked negotiation to parts of medicare where right now hhs just gets the bill and we pay it . and these are just some of the more than 50 actions that hhs has planned or is under consideration in the blueprint for action released today. this is not a one and done deal. it is a comprehensive process and as the president said will take time to reorder an entire complex multibillion-dollar system of our economy. but we are going to drive real change in the system while continuing to lead the world in innovation and patient access to medicine. you again, mr. president, for your vision, your leadership. we are eager to get to work with real competition in with the right incentives. your blueprint will finally put a american patients first. at this point, i will be joining sarah huckabee sanders for the press brief

. >> the fda has not approved the treatments.ct, the agency has warned, about unscrupulous providers who offer stem cell products that are unapproved and unproven. the justice department has filed civil cases against cell surgical network and another provider accusing them of a persistent refusal to comply with the law. >> my impression is there is minimal if any regulation. >> dr. thomas albini teaches at the eye institute. he examined doris tyler and others who have reported vision loss after stem cell injections. he warns patients should beware of treatment that isn't fda approved. and any providers who charge for participation in research. >> when they go off to the clinics they're stepping outside of, of mainstream american medicine. >> yet there have been some apparent success stories. >> we have to do something, we can't just sit back and wait for mother nature. >> she owns a machine shop in elkheart, indiana. and macular degeneration robbed her of ability to read. she estimates spending $60,000 for three procedures using

we're immediately going to look into having the fda require this. president trump has called for tougher negotiation and better deals so we're going to deliver on that, too. our blueprint brings the latest negotiation tools to our government programs. it also expands private sectors negotiation to parts of medicare where right now hhs just gets the bill and we pay it. these are just some of the more than 50 actions that hhs has planned or under consideration in the blueprint for action released today. this is not a one-and-done deal. it is a comprehensive process and as the president said, it will take time to reorder an entire complex, multi-billion dollar system of our economy. but we are going to drive real change in this system while continuing to lead the world in innovation and patient access to medicine. so thank you again, mr. president, for your vision, your leadership, we're eager to get to work with real competition and with the right incentives, your blueprint is going to finally put american patients first. and at this point, i will be j

i understand why the fda has to be rigorous with evaluation but with the fda commissioner really is dedicated as soon as possible and works very closely with fda and his leadership and certainly some of the things we can do to provide that data is the partnership we are pushing pretty hard right now. >> thank you very much for your great work you are doing. >> dr. do you have anybody looking at the socialization challenges to social media exposure or the screens or the impact that could have on adolescents or others? >> social media is taking over the country and the consequences the pros and cons are yet to be determined at nih a lot are using social media to help research think the national institutes of mental health looks at the effects on adolescents but the doctor can mention an innovative project looking at this and other exposures on the development of children that she recently, you can finish. >> i had a 5050 shot. [laughter] >> it is important because drug taking and experimentation is a very social behavior and one of the things we try to understand is that dramatic change happens

we are working with the fda to determine if we can get accelerated approval. you can never anticipate their decision but we are being cooperative. next is the flu vaccine. we appreciate the committee for supporting the addition of $40 million for the development of a universal influenza the next scene. -- vaccine. we had a meeting in rockville where we -- worked with experts from all over the world on influenza. we developed a strategic plan which we published in the journal of infectious diseases this year. we are implementing that plan from a basic science standpoint and with candidates and various stages of development. the preclinical and animal study or phase one and two. you may have read just a couple sponsored phase two trial. ago, oned a few months of the trials from the vaccine research center. things are on track. it is not going to be an overnight thing but we are well on the road. assuminggot there, i'm every year we would not have to try to calculate what that mores flu was like and often than not be slightly off target. >> the universal flu vacci

the fda has approved more generic drugs than ever before $8.8 billionaving in the first year. we changed medicare reimbursement rules to bring for out of pocket spending senior citizens, saving them $320 million out of pocket for the drugs they by each year. work we ared the laying out now is focused on four strategies. to help fix this complex problem we face. first. increased competition, third, incentives to lower list prices and forth, lowering out-of-pocket costs. it is crucial we have more competition in prescription drug markets. that means we need a vital generic drug industry and generic drug market. we need to nurture a new competitive generic drugthat me, generics for those complex, expensive biologic medicines. we need to foster and nurture that. we have to get after pharma companies that engage in anticompetitive practices and try to block the entry of generics or bio similar products to market, like for instance blocking access to their products so they can't do studies they need to do in order affordableoval of an generic or bio similar product. bring morehave t

in a rare move, the fda sent a letter to jewel labs to request all of the research materials and anything to do with the design and marketing tactics and the health impact. juul labs has designed this and they are working with the fda to keep their product away from young people. you can see the statement on our website. >>> it's 444 -- it's 4:42. another fissure opened up for the kilauea volcano and we will give you an up close look, straight ahead. evacuations, near the kilauea volcano. that brings the number of active fissures in the region to 17. as c-b-s news' carter evans reports... some experts are predicting another big eruption. eruptions follow >>> another fissure has opened up in the kilauea volcano, bringing the number of active phishers to 17. some experts are predicting a big corruption. >> reporter: the new eruptions follow the same path of destruction along the eastern rift of the volcano. lava was flowing saturday when a 16th fissure spontaneously opened up after two days with no activity but this time they are in a sparsely populated area. we had to hike to see this late

. >>> the fda has just approved a cutting edge new cancer therapy. it's a one-time treatment that reprogram's the patient's own cells. one bay area woman says it saved her life after having lymphoma for more than 20 years. betty yu reports. >> reporter: like it or not, the hospital has become a familiar place to jackie. she was first diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma when she was 37 >> i have lost my hair so many times it's hard to remember. >> reporter: the 61-year-old concord resident remembers when her cancer got aggressive to large b cell lymphoma and her doctors ran out of options. think sent her to a specialist -- they sent her to a specialist for chemotherapy which didn't work. >> he said we are going to try this next. and we are going to keep our fingers crossed. >> reporter: car t is a revolutionary one time treatment where t-cells are removed and reprogrammed by scientists in a lab to fight cancer. those cells are then put back into the patient. >> this technology actually rewrites the cells' genetic code, the t-cell code, so it actually can

the fda sent a letter to them. there asking for marketing materials.impacts. i asked juul several times for an on camera interview. they have declined my request, but they responded to the fda letter saying they are working with them to try to stop youth from using their devices. you can read the full statement on our website. >>> things are cooling off a little bit over the next couple of days. as mothers day ends, temperatures finish off not far from the high. 60 in santa rosa. the numbers took a tumble tonight. we have a little bit of a cooling trend. right now we are in the 50s for much of the bay area under harley cloudy skies. downward temperatures will continue until wednesday when we hit upper 60s in the warmest spots. low pressure is the corporate in this. it will be here and increase the southerly search of clouds along the shoreline. it will hang around. high pressure is straddled with lows to the left and right. it will be breezy. they will not be as bad as they were yesterday. mild weather is on the way for us. the warmest we can do is mid

>> well, before they had to ask the fda for permission to get the ability to try these things. also had to convince the company to give them the drug this takes out the fda step of it before it already said it approved 99% of the applations and this doesn't do anything about getting the company to give -- >> it's the time factor, rig patients don't have to wait for an approval -- >> for permission to come through. >> i guess so. but i'm not sure the fda approval is really that time consuming. i think it could be a lot of paperwork for doctors, but the fda has worked to fix that over the last years as well >> it's opening a can of worms who can afford to pay for the drug and do poor patients say we have a right to try also. why is it only the rich who have access to the right to try >> the law does nothing to make companies give these drugs to patients so that hurdle still exists. >> meg, thank you. >>> check pleases xt ine many small businesses, from kitchens to factories to contractors, rely on their equipment to serve customers every day. when equipment is broken, it means lo

ktvu's claudine wong tells us, this is a trend so new and so popular, schools, parents, even the fda are trying to keep up with the impact it's having on kids and their health. take a look at social media and you will find post after post about the new craze, known as juling. >> what someone is doing. >> from prom proposals to trick, teens tell us these days everyone is doing it. >> pretty much all of them. probably two people that i know don't do it, but the rest of them do it. going to say 80%. yeah. it's really popular. >> if you have no idea what it is, don't feel bad. students in this antitobacco student group say it's only really taken off this year. >> you never saw one, you wouldn't know people -- hold it like this, or just hold it, because it's small, you can fit it in your hand or i'll see people tuck it in their backpack. >> it is vaping, it's an e cigarette that delivers nicotine. the market expanded by 40%. it is now a $1.16 billion industry. >> i get a head rush. that's pretty much it. that's all i get. >> and there are lots of brands. the fix, but the juling comes from

. >>> next, the fda warning about liquid nicotine used e-cigarettes and sold in packages that look like kid-friendly products. from juice boxes to candy to cookies. can you tell the difference? abc's erielle reshef with the side-by-side images. >> reporter: tonight, the government cracking down on e-cigarette products disguised as kid-friendly foods. take a close look, this isn't a whipped cream can, it's actually liquid nicotine. these boxes nearly identical, one containing vanilla cookies, the other vanilla e-vapor. doctors warn, if kids mistakenly ingest those e-liquids, it could put them in grave danger. >> most of those reservoirs carry about two packs of cigarettes. and if it only takes one or two cigarettes to kill a child, you know, you have quite a few that can die from just a little bit of liquid. >> reporter: in just five years, more than 8,000 kids under 6 have been exposed to e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine. >> if you do use e-cigarettes, please treat it as a drug. put it away from children, okay? put it high above any place they can reach. >> reporter: in all, 13 companie

according to the fda, documents obtained by "the guardian" newspaper, trace amounts of an ingredient killer roundup and other pesticides have been found in crackers, granola and cornmeal. the chemical has been linked to cancer, however, the fda test something not official as yet and "the guardian" report offered no evidence that the levels found are illegal or harmful. >>> allergy season is here and this year is expected to be worse than last season. the asthma and allergy foundation blames climate change for longer allergy seasons each year blaming the warmer temperatures for more pollen in the air. cities in texas, kentucky and mississippi were found to be the worst for allergy sufferers. doctors say if you're struggling to cope, it might be time to change your medicine because your body can sometimes build up a tolerance. >>> playoff season rolls on in the nba and two of the league's oldest rivals are meeting for the first time in six years. boston beat philly 117-101 last night. game two is thursday night in boston. meanwhile, in the nhl playoffs lots going on in sports. tampa ba

you have seen the fda improving the first example of an artificial pancreas in a closed loop where there is a sensor in what the levels of glucose are and it administers insulin accordingly. but this is just the beginning of what i think is going to be a remarkable series of advances. ultimately the whole stem cell area is going to be critical here as well. we have after much hard work through the work of people like doug melton at harvard figured out how you can take a skin cell from somebody, convince it to become what you would become plury potent and give if the appropriate set of cocktails to convince it to go down the pathway to be a cell that makes insulin, but it's your own cell. so ultimately in the view of many of us that's where we're headed, the opportunity to make an artificial pancreas that doesn't have silicon in it, it has your cells that have been reprogrammed to make up for what the other cells that should have been doing this were able to do. on top of that i think in terms of prevention, particularly of type ii diabetes where we know this is tightly connected to obesi

of the things i have heard from the diabetes community as their frustration how long it has taken the fda to approve the artificial pancreas and further developments on that. so we see people in the community doing that are making their own artificial pancreas. and they feel like that provides more relief than what they are getting currently given the system that we have in the dependent on insulin. is that something you have heard about and are you concerned what a risk might be from that? >> i do think there are reasons to be very careful about putting in place an artificial pancreas system without being absolutely confident that it has the safety mechanisms because an overdose of insulin could put you into a, and lead to death. it needs to be assessed on well worked on. i understand why it has to be pretty rigorous with their evaluation but i do think you do have an fda commissioner who really is dedicated to moving things along as soon as possibl possible. >> i appreciate that we work closely with the leadership and what we can do is part of what we are pushing pretty hard right now.

president signed a bill giving terminal patients the right to seek drugs that are not fully approved by the fda. here is a look at that signing ceremony at the white house. vice president pence: good to our honored guests and two courageous families, courageous families who have traveled from near and far. it is deeply humbling to join you here today as president trump takes historic action to end shrine into american law the right to try. [applause] today president trump will deliver on a promise he made to the american people more than two years ago. our president made it clear that this would be the administration oft would open news pathways treatment to families struggling with serious illness. four months ago the president stood before the congress of the united states and said, " haitians with terminal conditions should be given access to experimental treatments that could potentially save lives." in just a few moments, president trump will sign this policy into law and give new hope to vulnerable families all across america. [applause] there are several people to thank before i introduc

the fda says you can still get them but you might have to look harder or find an alternative. >>> andd today with the chicago white sox, yours truly. i had the pleasure of throwing out the first pitch before today's game with the sox and the pirates. thanks to the white sox and the great fans here in chicago for helping me check that one off my bucket list and thank goodness we got it in before the rain that's falling here in chicago. >>> we'll take a break and be back with more, including how this city's great musical tradition is being passed on to a new generation. ess ess ...food ...and farxiga, the pill that starts with "f". farxiga, along with diet and exercise, helps lower a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. it's one pill a day and although it's not a weight-loss drug, it may help you lose weight. do not take if allergic to farxiga. if you experience symptoms of a serious allergic reaction such as rash, swelling, difficulty breathing or swallowing, stop taking and seek medical help right away. do not take farxiga if you have severe kidney problems, are on dialysis, or have blad

we're immediately going to look into having the fda require this. president trump has called for tougher negotiation and better deals. so we're going to deliver on that too. our blueprint brings the latest negotiation tools to our government programs. it also expands private sector negotiation to parts of medicare where right now hhs just gets the bill and we pay it. these are just some of the more 50 actions that hhs has planned or has under consideration in the blueprint for action released today. this is not a one and done deal. it's a comprehensive process and as the president said it will take time to reorder its entire complex, multibillion-dollar system of our economy. but we are going to drive real change in the system while continuing to lead the world in innovation and patient access to medicine. so thank you again, mr. president, for your vision, your leadership. we're eager to get to work with real competition and with the right incentives. your blueprint is it going to finally put american patients first. and at this point i will be join

administration made a lot of progress in this regard, so in the first year and a half in office, the fda approved more generic drugs than ever before in history, saving $8.8 billion in the first year. we also changed medicare's reimbursement rules to bring down the out of pocket spending for senior citizens, saving them $320 million out of pocket on the drugs that they buy each year that work and work laid out now in the president's blueprint has four strategies to fix the complex problem we face. first, increase competition. second, increase better negotiations third, incentives to actually lower list prices. fourth, lowering out of pocket costs. so, first, it's crucial that we have more competition in the prescription drug markets. that means we need a vital and vibrant generic drug industry and market we need to foster and nurture a new competitive bio similar drug market, generics essentially for complex expensive bilogic medicines. we have to foster and nurture that we also have to get after pharma companies to engage in anticompetitive practices blocking entry of generics or biosim

to lookmmediately going into having the fda require this. president trump has called for tougher negotiations and better deals. our blueprint brings the latest negotiation tools to our government programs and allows private sector negotiation to parts of medicare, whereas right now, hhs gets the bill and we pay. these are some of more than 50 actions that hhs has planned or has under consideration in the .lueprint released today this is a comprehensive process rewordwill take time to an entire complex multibillion-dollar system of our economy. we are going to drive real change in the system while continuing to lead the world in innovation and patient access to medicine. -- thank you, mr. president, for your vision and leadership. we are eager to get to work. with real competition and the right incentives, your blueprint will put american patients first. i will be joining sarah huckabee sanders for the press briefing this afternoon and to take questions to provide more detailed information of all of the elements of the president's plans. thank

we are working with the fda to determine if we can get accelerated approval. you can never anticipate their decision but we are being cooperative. next is the flu vaccine. we appreciate the committee for supporting the addition of $40 million for the development of a universal influenza the next scene. -- vaccine. we had a meeting in rockville where we -- worked with experts from all over the world on influenza. we developed a strategic plan which we published in the journal of infectious diseases this year. we are implementing that plan from a basic science standpoint and with candidates and various stages of development. the preclinical and animal study or phase one and two. you may have read just a couple sponsored phase two trial. ago, oned a few months of the trials from the vaccine research center. things are on track. it is not going to be an overnight thing but we are well on the road. assuminggot there, i'm every year we would not have to try to calculate what that mores flu was like and often than not be slightly off target. >> the universal flu vacci

the fda has approved a breakthrough drug designed to stop the severe headaches before they even start. the drug works by blocking a molecule called cgrp which in high levels can cause the body to feel more pain. studies show monthly injections of this new drug cut the number of migraines in half. it should be widely available by next week. >>> okay. it all used to be about keeping up with the kim k., but now it's about keeping up with kylie jenner. more than 1,000 people waiting for a glimpse of the reality tv star and cosmetics maven. she just opened a new pop-up store in san francisco, and the fans scream. some of them even crying when kylie appeared. here's the time lapse of the line this afternoon wrapping around several -- >> were you in that line? >> i was not. but i bet my daughter would have loved to have been in that line. >> wow. >> she has some of her cosmetics at our house. we have kylie jenner lipstick. >>> up next, we're going to go back out to the ballpark. giants and rockies. we'll check in with colin resch. stay with us. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message

the fda missed it big time on opioids. as a general principle, dan, i agree with what you're saying. in this case, it's an example of a federal oversight really missing the boat in a profound fashion. in oklahoma, we've attempted to, i guess, appeal to the better a angels of municipalities' and counties' nature. we think that our lawsuit on behalf of the state and all governmental subdivisions is the best way to proceed. we -- i think we've got one county that has hired a firm. the unique benefit we've got proceeding at the state level, and we're in state court, we're not going to be in federal court, is that the state is able to advance joint liability against the defendants in our lawsuit. if governmental subdivisions go separately, they'll lose joint liability. i guess that's the biggest incentive we have in oklahoma to keep everybody in the state's lawsuit. >> thank you. and in arkansas, as i mentioned, we have a state lawsuit. we also have a lawsuit led by almost all 75 of arkansas's counties as well as some of our mun

and on the right tree top juice box and on the left, a liquid nicotine that the fda argues was made to look deceptively similar and there owe other types of candy and lollipops. today the food and drug administration sent letters to 13 e-cigarette makers warning them to knock it off with the alleged deceptive advertising that targets children. the concern is kids can get hurt or sick if they drink vaping liquid. according to the poisoning data system, many children were exposed to liquid nicotine between january of 2012 and april of last year. a little over 100 had to be admitted to a hospital. i small amount could kill a kid causing cardiac arrest and seizure and coma andr respiratory failure. >> that is very concerning. you see them side by side and i don't think an adult could tell the difference. >>> a developing story also for you this may day, protests exploding across the world. in paris, a car was set on fire at a mayday rally. the protest one of several in french cities to call to oppose macron's economic policy. they were trying to send a message to the president whose polici

it's not going to be able to impact whether or not the drug passes future fda trials. giving people options. >> dagen: the people are dying and having experienced this firsthand with more than one individual in my family, when they are in treatment for a terminal illness, you go to a doctor and say give me anything. give me anything that is in trial, give me anything that's experimental and they don't do it. they don't offer that. it is only through individual research and working the phones like a maniac do you even find out about alternative treatments. >> this is very true. my worry and the concern from a lot of doctors and some patient advocacy groups, there have been 100 patient advocacy and research groups that signed a letter opposing this bill, is that patients that are in disdesperate situation, this desperate need, can make a bad decision, can be too desperate and won't be guided by the fda. >> dagen: but they're dying, though. that's the point. >> maria: i totally agree with you, dagen. could an egg a day keep the doctor away? are you eating eggs right now o

the right to try act allows terminally a patients access to treatments not yet approved by the fda. nald trump says the landslide bill will save lives. >> these are experimental treatments and products that have shown great promise and we weren't able to use them before. the right to try offers new hope for those who either don't qualify for clinical trials or exhausted all available treatment options. heather: he stole the show as he tried to -- finally lucked out, jordan suffers a form of muscular dystrophy, and it bears his name. some democrats continue to push back on the bill thing it offers false hope the fbi chief is firing back. >> they pass phase i clinical studies, getting annual reporting, we will take steps if we believe patients are being harmed was there is some oversight. heather: the white house is they offer a new tool to 1 million americans dying every year from terminal illness. we want to know what other people thought about this. >> a lot of people waiting in, it allows them to bypass the fda. is this a good idea? there is no reason not to, just keep the courts o