MPs to scrutinise drug watchdog
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The Health Select Committee is to investigate the role of the body which decides which drugs should be available on the NHS.
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Nov. 5, 2004 -- FDA officials announced Friday that they will launch a review of the agency&#39;s drug monitoring policies in the wake of recent high-profile safety concerns about widely used drugs, including antidepressants and Vioxx.
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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King is set to testify to a parliamentary oversight committee on Thursday over the recent Northern Rock crisis, with questions being raised over his tenure.
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When a congressional committee holds a hearing next Wednesday, the subject will be the safety of the diabetes drug Avandia and whether federal drug regulators have paid close enough attention to its potential risks.
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A House of Representatives subcommittee is expected to take up legislation next week meant to bolster the Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor prescription drug side effects, the panel's chairman said in a letter released on Thursday.
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Lothian and Borders Police are asked to probe the handling of construction contracts for the new parliament building.
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National Audit Office could be brought in to check MPs' expenses in the wake of the Conway affair
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A US Food and Drug Administration reviewer who has accused the agency of being lax in monitoring drug safety on Thursday said five medicines on the market need closer scrutiny.
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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 assembly government hires corporate investigators to see if Wales' NHS was overcharged for drugs.
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - 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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On the heels of his well-publicized call for medical watchdogs to crack down on doctors working for Internet pharmacies, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is asking his provincial counterparts to do their part.
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Tony Blair is being investigated by Parliament's ethics watchdog over allegations that he broke Commons rules by failing to declare a holiday spent with one of the most powerful men in the tobacco industry.
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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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A congressional subcommittee wants to subpoena criminal investigators at the Food and Drug Administration about their own probe concerning the antibiotic Ketek, which has been linked to liver failure.
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The safety of herbal medicines, which  are widely used on the basis of scant scientific evidence, is  to be investigated by a new panel of European experts.
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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.