Congress Told FDA Failed Public on Vioxx
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co  Inc.'s painkiller Vioxx, which has been withdrawn, and is  "incapable of protecting America" from another dangerous drug,  an agency researcher told Congress on Thursday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co Inc.'s painkiller Vioxx, which has been withdrawn, and is "incapable of protecting America" from another dangerous drug, an agency researcher told Congress on Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly urged antidepressant manufacturers not to disclose to physicians and the public that some clinical trials of the medications in children
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A top Republican lawmaker raised concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.
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Nov. 18, 2004 -- An FDA scientist who says he was pressured by superiors not to warn the public about the cardiovascular risk of Vioxx urged lawmakers Thursday to create an independent safety office free of
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Responding to public criticism of its handling of the controversial arthritis drug Vioxx, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday defended its oversight of the monitoring process and said it acted in the best interests of the public&#39;s safety.
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc. Chief Executive Officer Raymond Gilmartin and FDA officials have been called to testify before Congress on Nov. 18 over safety problems with the company&#39;s withdrawn
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A20-YEAR veteran of federal drug safety wars sent shock waves through the Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry when he told a Senate hearing that regulators are &quot;incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx.
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A top Republican lawmaker called Wednesday for Merck &amp; Company to answer questions about its withdrawn drug Vioxx on Nov. 18 at the first Congressional hearing to address the drug&#39;s safety problems.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration fails to inspect domestic plants that produce pacemakers and other high-risk medical devices as often as required and checks few manufacturing sites overseas, congressional investigators told Congress on Tuesday.
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Safety problems with Vioxx could have been detected in months rather than years if the Food and Drug Administration had been able to sift through health-care information already compiled privately on one in three Americans.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's failure to discuss clearly its strategy and the money needed to better protect the country's food supply could make it harder for a plan to succeed, a congressional watchdog agency told lawmakers on Tuesday.
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Merck & Co.  on Friday said U.S. regulators have decided not to approve the company's experimental arthritis drug, the successor to its recalled Vioxx pill, until more safety and effectiveness data are obtained.
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Saying there is evidence the Food and Drug Administration is suppressing scientific reports and maintaining too cozy a relationship with drug companies it regulates, US Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa today will hold a hearing on the drug Vioxx.
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Republican lawmakers on Thursday  charged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with hindering a  congressional probe into whether the agency suppressed a  possible link between antidepressant use and suicidal behavior  in youth.
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The FDA (USA) says it did not try to suppress the findings of a safety official regarding the Vioxx painkiller. Vioxx was taken off the market last week because the drug increases a patient&#39;s risk of having a heart attack.
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Some members of Congress are taking the US Food and Drug Administration to task for the agency&#39;s assertions that contamination problems at a major flu vaccine supplier took the FDA by surprise, The New York Times reported Thursday.