Debate builds on need for big reforms at FDA
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The Bush administration and some of its critics squared off yesterday over whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is doing an adequate job overseeing drug safety, and whether the agency needs major reforms.
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In a sharp change of direction, many medical authorities are questioning the safety of American drugs. In a challenge unthinkable even two months ago, Dr.
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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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Despite calls from medical experts and a prominent Republican senator for an independent office to monitor drug safety, the idea, prompted by the Food and Drug
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The Bush administration and some of its critics squared off over whether the Food and Drug Administration is doing an adequate job overseeing drug safety, and whether the agency needs major reforms. White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. said it is doing a "spectacular" job.
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Senator Judd Gregg (USA) does not like the idea of a new independent bureau responsible for drug safety. He says all it would achieve would be more layers of FDA bureaucracy.
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Almost one-fifth of the Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed two years ago as part of an official review said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new
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In debates about drug importation and the distribution of flu vaccines Sunday, the nation&#39;s largest physician organization argued health care is more than a free-enterprise venture.
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Three drugs -- Vioxx, Ketek and Avandia -- are casting long shadows over the congressional debate on how to update and revise the 15-year-old system that has dramatically  sped up the process of bringing  prescription medicines to American consumers.
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A bureaucratic shuffle within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has prompted a political firestorm among experts in worker health and safety and has reignited questions about the Bush administration's commitment to sound science.
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Proposed legislation could spell changes across the pharmaceutical world.
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Critics charge conflict of interest in a system where pharmaceutical giants fund the regulatory process.
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Description: Faced with a series of major lapses in drug safety, the Food and Drug Administration announces new measures to rectify the situation.
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Health care advocates, providers and FDA officials over the weekend &#39;sparred&#39; over alleged problems with the FDA prescription drug safety review process and the safety of five medications currently on the market, after an FDA safety reviewer on Thursday
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The FDA decision is not fantastic news, but it could help.
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Almost one-fifth of the Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed two years ago as part of an official review said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new drug despite
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The food and drug administration, the pharmaceuticals regulator in the United States, was yesterday fighting to head off a crisis in confidence among the American public.