Lawmakers to grill Glaxo, FDA on diabetes drug
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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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GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK.L has agreed  to disclose information on all clinical studies of its drugs to  settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative  information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York  Attorney General's office said on Thursday.
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British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline today agreed to make public information about all its clinical drug trials following accusations that it misled doctors about the safety of an anti-depressant for children.
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A leading doctor expressed concerns about the heart risks of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia in a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seven years ago.
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U.S. lawmakers criticized the Food and Drug Administration's monitoring of the risks of the antibiotic Ketek (Sanofi-Aventis) and some other prescription drugs on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Senate will consider the nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to run the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday as supporters try to overcome objections from three Republicans.
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Rep. Dan Lipinski endures at least nine needle pricks a day to control the diabetes he's had since childhood. Rep. Joe Barton takes a half dozen prescription pills daily to ward off another heart attack. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's little girl may need her fourth open-heart surgery in a few months. Such personal details are spilling out in debates close to home for the lawmakers shaping policy on prescription drugs, stem cell research and more.
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WASHINGTON - GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Avandia, the world's best-selling diabetes drug last year, will carry US regulators' strongest warning on the risk of heart attacks.
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PHILADELPHIA -- GlaxoSmithKline is in talks with the Food and Drug Administration about selling its Fluarix influenza vaccine in the United States this season because of the expected flu vaccine shortage this year.
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc. Chief Executive Officer Raymond Gilmartin and FDA officials have been called to testify before Congress on Nov. 18 over safety problems with the company&#39;s withdrawn
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc , Europe's  biggest drugmaker, is set to seek European Union approval for  its experimental breast cancer drug Tykerb, a spokesman said on  Sunday.
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Democratic lawmakers in Congress introduced legislation yesterday that would require makers of drugs and medical devices to register clinical trials of their products in a public database when they start and report the test results on it.
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Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation that would require makers of drugs and medical devices to register clinical trials of their products in a public database.
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Saying there is evidence the Food and Drug Administration is suppressing scientific reports and maintaining too cozy a relationship with drug companies it regulates, US Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa today will hold a hearing on the drug Vioxx.
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A top Republican lawmaker on Wednesday called on Merck &amp; Co. Inc. to answer questions about its withdrawn drug Vioxx at the first congressional hearing on Nov.
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration  preliminary analysis found a level of heart-attack risk with  GlaxoSmithKline Plc&#39;s  diabetes drug Avandia  similar to what was reported in a study earlier this week, the  agency confirmed on Friday.
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A pair of Food and Drug Administration advisory panels called yesterday for new warnings for the widely used diabetes drug Avandia because of evidence that it significantly raises the risk of heart attack, but they stopped short of recommending that the drug be pulled from the market, as some FDA...