FDA&#39;s Reliance On Unconfirmed Chiefs Is Faulted
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The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates almost one-quarter of the US economy, has been without a permanent chief for almost two-thirds of the time that President Bush has been in office.
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The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration defended the industry fees that help fund drug reviews on Friday, saying the money from manufacturers did not sway decisions in their favor.
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The Bush administration and some of its critics squared off yesterday over whether the Food and Drug Administration is doing an adequate
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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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New reports suggest another drug company moved too slowly to pull a dangerous medication from the market and question the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to protect the public.
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By Katherine Griffiths in New York and Stephen Foley in London. The United States&#39; Food and Drug Administration used to be a regulator so trusted that when it waved through the introduction of genetically modified
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The acting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner on Monday disputed a published report that said agency officials knew before Oct. 5 that British health authorities might suspend
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The Food and Drug Administration seldom announces a recall of a recall, but that&#39;s essentially what happened when the agency revealed a malfunction in an adaptor meant to correct a potentially
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It would seem a drug executive&#39;s dream come true. On Oct. 21, the secretary of health and human services in the United States summoned top executives of MedImmune to his office in Washington to seek their
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing new questions about its ability to police the safety of medicines after they reach the market following concerns about a widely used diabetes drug.
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Washington, Dec 16 : One-fifth of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists surveyed as part of an official review have said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new drug despite their reservations about its safety, effectiveness
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Dr. Graham said, &quot;The FDA, as currently configured, is incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx. We are virtually defenseless.
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Dozens of former and current Food and Drug Administration officials, outside scientists and advocates for patients say that the agency&#39;s efforts to monitor the ill effects of drugs that
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The government&#39;s research on using an AIDS drug to protect African babies was so flawed that health officials had to use blood tests after the fact to confirm patients got the medicine.
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About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency&#39;s monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold, according to an FDA internal survey.
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The Food and Drug Administration insists that until pharmaceutical giant Merck presented new information this week, there was not enough evidence to pull the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market.
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Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top US health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands