Pharmac plea on risks
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Government drug-buying agency Pharmac wants drug companies to act more swiftly when concerns are raised over potential side-effects of their drugs, and to be responsible in promoting their products.
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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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Calls for changing the way the government monitors drug safety erupted Friday, as consumer advocates and worried patients zeroed in on testimony that five federally approved medicines posed significant health risks.
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Pfizer is the latest drug maker to warn that a product already on the market may pose serious health risks. It took outrage from activists in September to get the Food and Drug Administration to require warning
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A top Republican lawmaker raised  concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability  to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of  its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public  on Tuesday.
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TORONTO (CP) - Cross-border Internet pharmacies threaten to drain precious  supplies needed to treat sick Canadians and could lead to a "full-scale disaster" for the health system, a coalition of groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients warned Monday.
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Americans wanting to buy many common cold medicines would have to go to a drug store and ask the pharmacist under legislation introduced on Wednesday aimed at fighting the spread of the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
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WASHINGTON &#151; Safety concerns about a GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug prompted some Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to rebuke the Food and Drug Administration and call for increased regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.
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The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration needs more staff and funding to fix its   monitoring of drug safety after medicines are on the market,   the Institute of Medicine (IOM) said on Friday.
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Cancer patients are being put at risk because of the refusal of drug companies to publish the results of clinical trials, scientists claimed yesterday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it would make organizational changes to improve internal communication about potential risks that emerge after a new drug reaches the market.
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U.S. health officials Thursday called on doctors to limit prescribing Pfizer Inc. painkillers Celebrex and Bextra in light of recent evidence that they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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European medical regulators have called on the worldâs leading pharmaceutical companies to improve their communications with authorities and surveillance of drugs, following frustration about Merckâs handling of the withdrawal of its anti-inflammatory
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The agency has called for the toughest safety warning on Avandia and Actos, whose health risks have become a focus of concern.
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LONDON: British medical regulators urged physicians on Monday to show greater caution in prescribing antidepressant drugs and said such products as Prozac and Paxil should be clearly labeled with warnings about their use.
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British drug firms have defended the safety of two products which were deemed unsafe by an American expert. Dr David Graham listed five medicines which he said posed serious health risks during a US Senate hearing.
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WASHINGTON  - A group of physicians and  families called on US regulators Tuesday to warn the public  about a rare but potentially fatal set of skin reactions linked  to taking the painkiller ibuprofen.