A Firebrand on Drug Safety
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The F.D.A. scientist who told Congress that the agency was "incapable of protecting America" against dangerous drugs is widely acknowledged as sharp and well prepared.
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Amid intense criticism that it is slow to raise the alarm about unsafe medicines, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it would hire the nation&#39;s top
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Proposed legislation could spell changes across the pharmaceutical world.
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WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology lobbyists attempting to slow the development of cheap generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs have been emphasizing questions about their safety in an effort to win support among the new Democratic leaders of Congress.
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A doctor who first sounded an alarm about heart problems and the prescription pain killer Vioxx now is calling on the government to rein in aggressive prescription-drug advertising, a factor
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Professor Garret A FitzGerald, an eminent cardiologists, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, says doctors should be cautious about using Vioxx type medicines, especially if the patient is at risk of heart disease.
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An interview with development-stage drugmaker Pharmacopeia.
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New developments are brewing at the pharmaceutical.
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Pharmacopeia presents at an investors' conference.
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CEOs in the life-sciences business are supposed to be sober, scientifically grounded leaders. So, when Josh Boger, chief executive of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. , showed a slide last year comparing one of the drugs his Cambridge company is developing to Apple's iPod, he raised a lot of eyebrows.
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NEW YORK - On Nov. 18, an unassuming safety researcher from the US Food and Drug Administration sat down before a Senate committee and tore his bosses to shreds.
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When questions are raised about the heart safety of drugs used by millions, Dr. Steven E. Nissen often raises a red flag. Nissen, chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's department of cardiovascular medicine and an outside adviser to the Food and Drug Administration, calls himself the "point on the end of the spear" during drug safety debates. Nissen spoke with Globe ...
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Some pharmaceutical companies are telling their employees to look out for the scruffy guy in the baseball cap. The Houston Chronicle reported Saturday that at least six drug companies
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One undervalued drug developer may be on the cusp of greatness.
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As Pfizer&#39;s (PFE:NYSE - news - research) Celebrex safety hiccup was unfolding Friday, I had a running conversation with a fund manager.
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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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Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent board of drug safety might be needed to ensure the safety of medications after they're approved for the market.