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2.12.15
SWHR Praises Equal but not the same: a male bias reigns in medical research Commentary

SWHR commends Peter Rogers, Professor of Women’s Health Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Director of Research, Royal Women's Hospital at University of Melbourne for his commentary in Equal but not the same: a male bias reigns in medical research.

2.5.15 | Policy
SWHR Statement in Appreciation for Commissioner Hamburg’s Service

SWHR commends the outgoing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, for her profound service to improve American public health at the Agency.

2.2.15
SWHR Statement on President’s Budget and Precision Medicine Initiative

President Barack Obama unveiled his budget request to Congress for the 2016 fiscal year, which provides for critical investment in research at our Nation’s premier science agencies.

1.27.15 | Policy
DeLauro NIH Funding Bill Will Provide Critically Needed Investments in Medical Research

Statement from Phyllis Greenberger, President and CEO of the Society for Women’s Health Research

1.27.15 | Policy
SWHR Submits comments to FDA Regarding Drug Trials Snapshots

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently created Drug Trials Snapshots, a new website to give patients, providers, and caregivers information on the participation of people in clinical trials by sex, age, race, and ethnicity.

12.4.14 | Policy
FDA Issues Final Rule on Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling

The Food and Drug Administration announced a final rule today that sets new standards for labeling information for prescription drugs and biological products.

10.17.14 | Policy
SWHR Salutes the FDA Office of Women’s Health on 20 Years of Advancing Women’s Health

SWHR congratulates the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Women’s Health for 20 years of working to improve the health of women.

10.17.14 | Research and Clinical Trials
OSSD Offers Recommendations to Basic Scientists on New NIH Research Policies

SWHR would like to congratulate several leading members of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) on the publication of their recent article "NIH initiative to balance sex of animals in preclinical studies: Generative questions to guide policy, implementation, and metrics."

10.17.14 | Policy
SWHR Applauds NIH-funded Research on Gender Bias in Pre-clinical and Clinical Studies

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it will invest $10.1 million in supplemental funding to support the research of more than 80 grantees to investigate the effects of sex in pre-clinical and clinical studies.