Survey: Many in FDA Had Drug Concerns
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Almost one-fifth of agency scientists surveyed two years ago as part of an official review said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new drug despite reservations.
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NEW YORK  - When patients feel they might be having an adverse drug effect, doctors will very often dismiss their concerns, a new study shows.
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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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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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A document released by the FDA outlines its concerns with GPC's lead drug.
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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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Medicines watchdogs are reviewing safety data for an entire class of drugs taken by millions of patients with arthritis and severe pain after the worldwide withdrawal of Merck&#39;s Vioxx last week.
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By , New York Times. Dozens of former and current Food and Drug Administration officials, outside scientists and advocates for patients say that the agency&#39;s efforts to monitor the ill-effects of drugs that
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the  way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they  hit the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller  Vioxx.
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The Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of the millions of people who participate in clinical trials, a federal investigator has found.
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Survey: A majority of prescription drug takers don't purchase their medications online.
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Description: Faced with a series of major lapses in drug safety, the Food and Drug Administration announces new measures to rectify the situation.
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The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned Wednesday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.
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Almost one-fifth of the Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed two years ago as part of an official review said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new drug despite
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WASHINGTON - The US pharmaceutical industry that exports billions of dollars worth of medicine around the world faced new scrutiny Friday after a survey revealed nearly one-fifth of its government overseers had experienced pressure to approve drugs they
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they hit the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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DECEMBER 24, 2004 -- The FDA&#39;s recent warnings about drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Aleve have left some people on edge, but one area doctor says one of those drugs is still safe.