October 2014 John Weeks Integrator Round-Up: Professions

John Weeks

October 7, 2014
by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News & Reports

Naturopathic Doctors, Integrative Medicine Consortium and Alliance for Natural Health Weigh in on Compounding Pharmacies

Mike  Jawer, the director of government relations with the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) shares that the AANP along with the Integrative Medicine Consortium and the Alliance for Natural Health have each submitted comments to the FDA States Jawer: “It’s a complicated issue but the stakes are high – namely, the continued availability of compounded drugs – especially as dispensed for patients in the office.” In a notice to members, the AANP stated that via “a collaboration with McGuff, a well-respected compounding firm that has been very active on this issue, our ND volunteers documented the clinical need for 43 ingredients that are essential in the compounded drugs that naturopathic patients are treated with.” The AANP asked for additional time to fulfill on the burdensome application requirements to document the clinical need for another large group of ingredients.

by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News & Reports

Naturopathic Doctors, Integrative Medicine Consortium and Alliance for Natural Health Weigh in on Compounding Pharmacies

Mike  Jawer, the director of government relations with the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) shares that the AANP along with the Integrative Medicine Consortium and the Alliance for Natural Health have each submitted comments to the FDA States Jawer: “It’s a complicated issue but the stakes are high – namely, the continued availability of compounded drugs – especially as dispensed for patients in the office.” In a notice to members, the AANP stated that via “a collaboration with McGuff, a well-respected compounding firm that has been very active on this issue, our ND volunteers documented the clinical need for 43 ingredients that are essential in the compounded drugs that naturopathic patients are treated with.” The AANP asked for additional time to fulfill on the burdensome application requirements to document the clinical need for another large group of ingredients.
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John Weeks

John Weeks

John Weeks is a writer, speaker, chronicler and organizer with 32 years of experience in the movement for integrative health and medicine. the long-time founder/editor of The Integrator Blog News & Reports, a primary connective terrain for the diverse stakeholders and professions in the field and was invited in May 2016 to serve as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Besides his Integrative Practitioner column, he presently writes for Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, the Huffington Post and elsewhere.

He increasingly enjoys teaching and mentoring. He has keynoted, led plenary sessions, breakouts, and offered guest lectures for dozens of organizations ranging from the Bastyr University to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the UCLA School of Medicine to the Institute for Health and Productivity Management, the AANP and AIHM to the American Hospital Association. He has consulted with insurers, employers, professional organizations, universities and government agencies at all levels.

As an organizer, Weeks convened the Integrative Medicine Industry Leadership Summits (2000-2002), directed the National Education Dialogue to Advance Integrated Care (2004-2006), fund-raised the start-up of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium (2002), and co-founded the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health, which he directed 2007-2015. In 2014, three consortia and others combined to grant him a Lifetime Achievement Living Tribute Award. Four academic institutions have granted Weeks honorary doctorates for his work. Seattle-based, he considers himself a particularly lucky soul to have worked remotely while living with his spouse Jeana Kimball, ND, MPH, and their children in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico for 6 of the last 15 years.

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