FDA must find happy medium between fast drug approval and assuring ...
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The public shouldn&#39;t have to wonder if the medicines they take are going to cure them or kill them. Recent suspicions that a number of painkillers carry potential health risks suggests the agency responsible
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WASHINGTON - About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency&#39;s monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold, according to an FDA internal survey.
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When a great launch of a good drug is not enough.
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The Food and Drug Administration will establish a new independent Drug Safety Oversight Board to monitor FDA-approved medicines once they're on the market and update physicians and patients with emerging information on risks and benefits.
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Two revelations last week of Food and Drug Administration foot-dragging place in doubt whether the agency can effectively serve and protect consumers.
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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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The story of COX-2 drugs is an example of how difficult it is for the F.D.A. to monitor the safety of drugs after they have been approved for the market.
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With yet more already-marketed medicines raising the ire of consumer advocates and regulators alike, momentum is building for reform of the governmentâs drug approval and monitoring procedures.
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A conditional and limited approval of its cancer drug points to good news in a year of disappointments.
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If its latest drug isn't approved, the pharmaceutical could face trouble.
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The Bush administration and some of its critics squared off over whether the Food and Drug Administration is doing an adequate job overseeing drug safety, and whether the agency needs major reforms. White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. said it is doing a "spectacular" job.
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Two potentially new classes of anti-HIV drugs have the medical world excited. But progress on a vaccine is still slow  -  and drugs can't do everything
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing new questions about its ability to police the safety of medicines after they reach the market following concerns about a widely used diabetes drug.
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The FDA grants a speedy review for Millennium's lead drug.
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The drug is safe; hopefully that's all the FDA wanted to know.
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The Food and Drug Administration announcement comes as a response to criticism that the government has reacted too slowly to the dangers posed by popular supplements.
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About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency&#39;s monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold, according to an FDA internal survey.