Panel to Advise F.D.A. on Medical Risks
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The Food and Drug Administration will appoint a panel of outside specialists to advise the agency on how to tell the public about medicines.
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An expert panel will advise the Scottish government on safety following a rise in deaths on Scotland's roads.
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A panel reviewing the Virginia Tech shootings likely will issue broad recommendations for agencies involved in the tragedy, from police to the university to the mental health community, the panel's chairman said.
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US Senator Christopher Dodd will propose legislation to create an office of patient protection reporting directly to the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, a move to bolster the safety of prescription drugs after a torrent of worrisome announcements about painkillers and antidepressants eroded consumer confidence.
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A panel of experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency approve Aventis Pasteur&#39;s long-acting Menactra vaccine against bacterial meningitis.
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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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The F.D.A. is set to update guidelines that leave many bewildered.
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The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration needs more staff, funding and power over the   drug industry to better police the safety of medicines after   they reach the market, an Institute of Medicine panel said on   Friday.
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Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration next week are expected to recommend tougher warning labels or other restrictions on antidepressants linked to suicidal behavior in children.
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Patients, parents and doctors need more information on cancer risk from topical creams used to treat the skin condition eczema, a U.S. panel of medical experts said Tuesday.
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A panel of experts is expected to recommend whether girls should be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer.
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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
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Medical researchers said the U.S. needs a system independent of the F.D.A. to detect harmful effects of drugs already on the market.
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WASHINGTON - A federal scientific advisory panel meets tomorrow to consider whether to recommend that a skin patch to enhance women&#39;s desire for sex should be licensed as a new drug.
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Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday will consider the risks of drug-coated stents in patients with medical complications who are not approved for the artery-opening heart devices.
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A U.S. group advising Medicare on the new government prescription drug benefit said on Monday it had submitted a final recommendation to the agency that could help determine which medicines will be covered for the elderly.
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An outside panel of health experts will examine whether drug-coated stents used to prop open coronary arteries can produce sometimes fatal blood clots, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.