Deleted Tweets From Scott Gottlieb, R-D.C.

We’ve seeen, and taken steps to support, major progress in regenerative medicine in recent years. But we continue to see bad actors exploit field’s promise to mislead vulnerable patients about safety, efficacy of treatments. Our latest enforcement action: https://t.co/NSkfEYjfCt https://t.co/Kv3plSoUuZ

RT @FDAfood: #Portland, #Anaheim, #Albany & #Atlanta! FDA will be in your towns, discussing how to implement the standards for g… https://t.co/EkHriMy9NC

#FDA is undertaking a new program to update the labelling on old, generic cancer drugs with modern safety and efficacy information.The aim of this new effort is to give prescribers and patients access to the most up-to-date information to guide decisions: https://t.co/Dhz3VleTFb

RT @califf001: So important, but the medical profession should be playing a larger, supportive role in shutting down illegitimate cell ther… QT @SGottliebFDA: FDA issues warning letter to company illegally marketing an unapproved cellular product manufactured in a facility… https://t.co/8KjfIx3r7K)

RT @SGottliebFDA: #FDA is committed to fostering the development of novel therapies to treat and prevent prostate cancer. Today, we issued guidance to industry on using metastasis-free survival endpoints in cl

RT @NCIadvocacy: ICYMI: @NCIDirector and @SGottliebFDA discussed the newest advances and most pressing challenges in oncology at the @washingtonpost #ChasingCancer event https://t.co/Lrsx9Y2sOo

RT @aricaroline: This is big! We’ve already got a model @sloan_kettering developed by @CrackedEggman for identifying new metastastic disease from phenotypic data. #RWE https://t.co/YM0Y85whfE

1/2: #FDA warns of serious complications of using meds not approved for use with implanted pumps that deliver medication into the spinal fluid to treat/manage pain. Use of these devices must be judicious. Instructions for use must be carefully followed. https://t.co/8mzrsDAdYY

2/2: #FDA wants providers and patients to be aware of problems like dosing errors, pump failure, opioid withdrawal, infection and others. We continue to monitor the safety of implantable pumps that treat and manage pain and will take action where needed. https://t.co/8mzrsDAdYY

...And we cannot address flavors in just the e-cig products. The menthol in combustible cigarettes, and the fruity flavors in cigars and cigarillos, are a pernicious feature that makes these products both more appealing and more tolerable to children...

...The issues are both access and appeal. The e-cig products are too appealing to kids, and too accessible. And so we are taking steps to address both these variables. On the issue of appeal, it is clear that the flavors are a critical on ramp to youth use of tobacco products...

RT @endpts: #FDA presses its campaign against rogue regenerative med players, cites StemGenex for illegal sales https://t.co/efE43Bd71a

...If today’s proposals can’t achieve that purpose, we will have to consider other steps. And we call on manufacturers to join us and immediately take steps to comply with the new policies we are pursuing...

THREAD: The actions #FDA announced today are a response to our deep concern over the epidemic growth in kids use of e-cigarettes. The data released by the #CDC shows a trend in use that simply cannot stand. We must reverse this trajectory of youth use and addiction....

...The menthol in cigarettes masks some of the distasteful attributes of initiating on cigarettes – a reason why more than 50% of kids who use cigarettes use menthol cigarettes. For African American kids, that figure is 7 in 10....

...and I didn’t want to tilt that market in favor of the combustible products and away from e-cigs at the very time we are trying to get more adult smokers to quit traditional cigarettes. But that's the world we are in today...

...While we are pursuing measures to prevent access to fruity flavored e-cigs, we are not taking the same steps for the mint and menthol e-cigs. That's because we still have a market where menthol is available in combustible cigarettes...

...So at the same time we advance this new framework, we're also seeking to advance a rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes. This is the careful public health balancing that we struck. We will monitor the market closely, and the youth use trends...

RT @FDAMedia: Statement from FDA Commissioner @SGottliebFDA on proposed new steps to protect youth by preventing access to flavored tobacco products and banning menthol in cigarettes https://t.co/KXTT3JvPP

My statement on new #FDA steps to protect youth through a framework to prevent access to flavored tobacco products and banning menthol in cigarettes and flavors in cigars and cigarillos https://t.co/ajY82nckHa

We’ve seeen, and taken steps to support, major progress in regenerative medicine in recent years. But we continue to see bad actors exploit field’s promise to mislead vulnerable patients about safety, efficacy of treatments. Our latest enforcement action: https://t.co/NSkfEYjfCt https://t.co/Kv3plSoUuZ

RT @FDAfood: #Portland, #Anaheim, #Albany & #Atlanta! FDA will be in your towns, discussing how to implement the standards for g… https://t.co/EkHriMy9NC

#FDA is undertaking a new program to update the labelling on old, generic cancer drugs with modern safety and efficacy information.The aim of this new effort is to give prescribers and patients access to the most up-to-date information to guide decisions: https://t.co/Dhz3VleTFb

RT @califf001: So important, but the medical profession should be playing a larger, supportive role in shutting down illegitimate cell ther… QT @SGottliebFDA: FDA issues warning letter to company illegally marketing an unapproved cellular product manufactured in a facility… https://t.co/8KjfIx3r7K)

RT @SGottliebFDA: #FDA is committed to fostering the development of novel therapies to treat and prevent prostate cancer. Today, we issued guidance to industry on using metastasis-free survival endpoints in cl

RT @NCIadvocacy: ICYMI: @NCIDirector and @SGottliebFDA discussed the newest advances and most pressing challenges in oncology at the @washingtonpost #ChasingCancer event https://t.co/Lrsx9Y2sOo

RT @aricaroline: This is big! We’ve already got a model @sloan_kettering developed by @CrackedEggman for identifying new metastastic disease from phenotypic data. #RWE https://t.co/YM0Y85whfE

1/2: #FDA warns of serious complications of using meds not approved for use with implanted pumps that deliver medication into the spinal fluid to treat/manage pain. Use of these devices must be judicious. Instructions for use must be carefully followed. https://t.co/8mzrsDAdYY

2/2: #FDA wants providers and patients to be aware of problems like dosing errors, pump failure, opioid withdrawal, infection and others. We continue to monitor the safety of implantable pumps that treat and manage pain and will take action where needed. https://t.co/8mzrsDAdYY

...And we cannot address flavors in just the e-cig products. The menthol in combustible cigarettes, and the fruity flavors in cigars and cigarillos, are a pernicious feature that makes these products both more appealing and more tolerable to children...

...The issues are both access and appeal. The e-cig products are too appealing to kids, and too accessible. And so we are taking steps to address both these variables. On the issue of appeal, it is clear that the flavors are a critical on ramp to youth use of tobacco products...

RT @endpts: #FDA presses its campaign against rogue regenerative med players, cites StemGenex for illegal sales https://t.co/efE43Bd71a

...If today’s proposals can’t achieve that purpose, we will have to consider other steps. And we call on manufacturers to join us and immediately take steps to comply with the new policies we are pursuing...

THREAD: The actions #FDA announced today are a response to our deep concern over the epidemic growth in kids use of e-cigarettes. The data released by the #CDC shows a trend in use that simply cannot stand. We must reverse this trajectory of youth use and addiction....

...The menthol in cigarettes masks some of the distasteful attributes of initiating on cigarettes – a reason why more than 50% of kids who use cigarettes use menthol cigarettes. For African American kids, that figure is 7 in 10....

...and I didn’t want to tilt that market in favor of the combustible products and away from e-cigs at the very time we are trying to get more adult smokers to quit traditional cigarettes. But that's the world we are in today...

...While we are pursuing measures to prevent access to fruity flavored e-cigs, we are not taking the same steps for the mint and menthol e-cigs. That's because we still have a market where menthol is available in combustible cigarettes...

...So at the same time we advance this new framework, we're also seeking to advance a rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes. This is the careful public health balancing that we struck. We will monitor the market closely, and the youth use trends...

RT @FDAMedia: Statement from FDA Commissioner @SGottliebFDA on proposed new steps to protect youth by preventing access to flavored tobacco products and banning menthol in cigarettes https://t.co/KXTT3JvPP

My statement on new #FDA steps to protect youth through a framework to prevent access to flavored tobacco products and banning menthol in cigarettes and flavors in cigars and cigarillos https://t.co/ajY82nckHa