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Topic: Food and Drug Administration

FDA’s Peptide Review Should Include a Hard Look at the Supply Chain

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date July 22, 2026
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Why regulators must look beyond patient access and weigh the risks of foreign supply chain dependencies.

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Government Can’t Reduce Smoking by Attacking Safer Alternatives

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 31, 2026
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New Mexico legislators are considering higher taxes and new restrictions on nicotine products such as nicotine pouches. These proposals are typically framed as public-health measures. In practice, they risk doing precisely the opposite—nudging smokers back toward cigarettes, expanding illicit markets, and increasing preventable disease. Cigarettes remain the most dangerous nicotine product legally sold in the […]