Scientist: FDA Incapable of Protecting Safety
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Nov. 18, 2004 - An FDA scientist says the FDA, which is charged with protecting America&#39;s prescription drug supply, is incapable of doing so.
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A top official of the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday that he and his colleagues &quot;categorically reject&quot; earlier Congressional testimony that the agency has failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs.
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An internal survey of Food and Drug Administration scientists conducted by the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General revealed safety concerns about the FDAâs approval process and monitoring of marketed drugs, according to a press
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Americans are exposed to dangerous medicines because drug makers do not adequately disclose side effects and regulators are failing to react fast enough to safety risks, according to a prominent medical journal.
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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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The Food and Drug Administration is responding to the widespread criticism of the government's handling of drug safety problems.
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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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The US Food and Drug Administration is supposed to be a vigilant industry watchdog that prevents harmful products from reaching America&#39;s kitchen tables and medicine chests.
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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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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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Description: A scientist singles out five drugs as unsafe while testifying before a Senate committee on the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s oversight of Vioxx.
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The Food and Drug Administration has told a researcher that he cannot be part of an advisory panel that will review the safety of a class of drugs used to treat arthritis and pain.
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WASHINGTON - 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 U.S. Food and Drug  Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co  Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx 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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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 federal drug safety agency is doing a "spectacular job" of protecting the public, the White House chief of staff said Sunday. The assessment drew an immediate outcry from a Senate critic who charged that government oversight under the Bush administration has proved "a catastrophic failure."