Panel: Public Needs Info on Eczema Drug Risk
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - Patients and parents need more  information on cancer risk from topical creams used to treat  the skin condition eczema, a U.S. panel of medical experts said  on Tuesday.
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Congress ought to write a detailed prescription for change in US oversight of drug safety. The public deserves better protection from potentially dangerous new medicines.
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The American Psychiatric Association commends the Food and Drug Administration, and in particular its Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee and its Pediatric Advisory Committee, for its public hearing on safe antidepressant use in pediatric patients
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. advisory panel began  meeting Monday to debate whether certain antidepressants should  come with stronger warnings about the chances of suicidal  behavior in children and teens who take the drugs.
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A U.S. advisory panel on Friday urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck & Co. Inc.'s  cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) 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 &amp; Co.
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Pfizer Inc. may strengthen the warning label for its painkiller Bextra to account for more information about a rare but serious skin reaction.
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A U.S. advisory panel on Friday will  review data on an experimental drug that is injected into the  eye to stop vision loss in elderly patients at risk of going  blind.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- An advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to review the safety and effectiveness of Procter &amp; Gamble&#39;s testosterone transdermal patch, heralded as &quot;Viagra&quot; for women.
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Doctors and public health officials must weigh the benefits of knowledge against the risk of alarm.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday was divided over whether current data warrant changes to drug-coated heart stent labels for their use in patients with more medical complications unapproved for the device.
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Dec. 23, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration today issued a Public Health Advisory summarizing the agency&#39;s recent cautions and recommendations concerning the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
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An expert panel advising the Food and Drug Administration recommended today that antidepressants carry a warning in a black box on the label saying that the medications
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U.S. health officials and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc are likely to face tough questioning from lawmakers on Wednesday over their handling of data suggesting a heart risk with the widely used diabetes pill Avandia.
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The Food and Drug Administration said last night it would convene a public panel to examine the risk of blood clots in patients with drug-coated stents, among the world's most frequently implanted medical devices.
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - Warning labels for certain  steroid-based allergy and asthma drugs provide sufficient  warnings about potential side effects -- including stunted  growth --  in children and teenagers,  a U.S. panel of medical  experts concluded on Wednesday.
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FDA could make a decision within days on whether to adopt an advisory panel&#39;s recommendations to include a black box warning about the increased risk of suicidal tendencies that antidepressants pose for children, and any labeling changes could be