FDA Scrutiny Scant In India, China as Drugs Pour Into U.S.
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India and China, countries where the Food and Drug Administration rarely conducts quality-control inspections, have become major suppliers of low-cost drugs and drug ingredients to American consumers. Analysts say their products are becoming pervasive in the generic and over-the-counter marketplace.
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THE US pharmaceutical industry that exports medicines around the world is facing further scrutiny after a survey revealed nearly one-fifth of its government overseers had experienced pressure to approve drugs about which they had reservations.
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First it was Illinois, now New York City is also attempting to get large orders of flu vaccines from Europe. Whether or not these foreign supplies will get FDA clearance is still unclear.
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It takes another run at getting FDA approval for its lead drug.
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U.S. lawmakers and health officials  are moving to give more independence to an office that reviews  drug safety, but some experts say ensuring medicines are  studied after they hit the market is more important than the  bureaucratic pecking order.
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The U.S. Congress began  investigating on Wednesday whether the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led  to the withdrawal of half the country's flu vaccine supply.
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has ordered a sweeping review of studies involving prescription painkillers like Celebrex and Bextra.
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U.S. health officials said on Friday  they would review whether to take regulatory action over Merck  & Co Inc and Schering-Plough's cholesterol medicine Vytorin  following the drug's failure to work better than a generic drug  in a study of plaque build-up in neck arteries.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is pushing for an expanded review of MDS Pharma&#39;s generic drug studies at its Montreal laboratories, and has requested a meeting with the company to discuss its concerns.
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The same brand names are sometimes used for different drugs in different countries, posing a risk for people who import cheaper medicines from abroad, a U.S. group warned on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 24, 2004 - The prescription bottle may say &quot;Made in England,&quot; but the Food and Drug Administration worries that Illinois&#39; plan to help residents buy drugs from the United Kingdom may also allow counterfeit drugs from other countries.
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A day after troubling reports about the popular pain relief drug Celebrex, more questions are being asked about the approval process for such drugs.
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NEW YORK - An internal survey conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicates that 66% of FDA scientists lacked confidence that the agency adequately monitors the safety of prescription drugs that are already on the market.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they hit the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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Authorities and pet owners are beginning to raise serious questions about the safety and effectiveness of animal medicines, mirroring worries over human drugs like the painkiller Vioxx.
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Congress started an investigation into whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led to the withdrawal of half the country's flu vaccine supply.
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O, CANADA: U.S. states are looking to countries other than Canada to get cheaper prescription drugs for their citizens, fearing Canadians may soon stop allowing such sales to their southern neighbors.