US FDA official defends agency&#39;s handling of drug safety issues
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A US Food and Drug Administration official said Friday &quot;we categorically reject&quot; accusations the agency has failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs.
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Responding to public criticism of its handling of the controversial arthritis drug Vioxx, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday defended its oversight of the monitoring process and said it acted in the best interests of the public&#39;s safety.
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A Food and Drug Administration official who sought to estimate the harm done to patients by side effects of the painkiller Vioxx said yesterday that his supervisors tried to suppress his conclusions, according to Sen.
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The Bush administration and some of its critics squared off yesterday over whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is doing an adequate job overseeing drug safety, and whether the agency needs major reforms.
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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
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WASHINGTON Nov 5, 2004 - Buffeted by criticism, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it would appoint a director of drug safety and take other actions to assure the safety of medications it approves.
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An official of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday "we categorically reject" accusations the agency has done a poor job of protecting the public against dangerous drugs.
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Dr. David Graham, the Food and Drug Administration scientist who publicly criticized the agency&#39;s approach to drug safety during a congressional hearing last week, said
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A US Food and Drug Administration reviewer who criticized the agency&#39;s handling of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s now-withdrawn Vioxx painkiller may be forced to another position
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The recent Vioxx withdrawal and  testimony from an FDA insider accusing the agency of failing to  protect public health are fueling such heightened concern over  drug safety that valuable medicines could be kept from  patients, doctors said on Friday.
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A US government drug-safety scientist told lawmakers that the US Food and Drug Administration is &quot;virtually defenseless&quot; against a possible drug catastrophe like Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx.
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An internal survey of Food and Drug Administration scientists conducted by the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General revealed safety concerns about the FDAâs approval process and monitoring of marketed drugs, according to a press
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The US Food and Drug Administration asked David Graham, who last month told a Senate committee that the agency fails to protect the public from dangerous medicines, to leave his position
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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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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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The US Food and Drug Administration will ask the Institute of Medicine to study the agency&#39;s safety monitoring of medicines already on the market, Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford said on Friday.
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The Food and Drug Administration is responding to the widespread criticism of the government's handling of drug safety problems.