Probe Urged Of Allegations Against FDA
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The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday called on the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate alleged attempts to discredit a Food and Drug Administration whistle-blower.
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Health care advocates, providers and FDA officials over the weekend &#39;sparred&#39; over alleged problems with the FDA prescription drug safety review process and the safety of five medications currently on the market, after an FDA safety reviewer on Thursday
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Washington --- The Food and Drug Administration, accused in recent weeks of being cozy with the pharmaceutical industry, must open its practices to greater public scrutiny, says a top official of the agency&#39;s besieged Office of New Drugs.
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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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Concerns over the approval of drugs that turned out to be dangerous have led Republicans and Democrats in the House and the Senate to call for investigations.
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The Food and Drug Administration remains on the defensive. The agency got grilled on Capitol Hill for the second day in a row about the health risks of several popular prescription drugs.
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A key House Democrat said Thursday that the head of the Food and Drug Administration should resign in the wake of a probe over an antibiotic and news of a blood thinner linked to allergic reactions and four deaths.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration  said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA  researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not  reflect the views of the agency.
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A Food and Drug Administration reviewer who has criticized the agency for being lax in monitoring drug safety said on Thursday five medicines on the market need close scrutiny for possible side effects.
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A US Food and Drug Administration reviewer who criticized the agency&#39;s handling of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s now-withdrawn Vioxx painkiller may be forced to another position
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WASHINGTON A US Food and Drug Administration official on Friday &quot;categorically&quot; rejected accusations that the agency had failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs, especially Merck&#39;s Vioxx painkiller.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it would look into claims from an advocacy group that certain lipsticks contain potentially dangerous levels of lead. Similar claims in the past have not been confirmed, the agency said.
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A Food and Drug Administration  reviewer who has criticized the agency for being lax in  monitoring drug safety said on Thursday five medicines on the  market need close scrutiny for possible side effects.
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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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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the  way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already  on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller  Vioxx.
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Republican lawmakers on Thursday  charged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with hindering a  congressional probe into whether the agency suppressed a  possible link between antidepressant use and suicidal behavior  in youth.
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Congress started an investigation on Tuesday into whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led to the withdrawal of half the country's flu vaccine supply.