Major flaws in US drug approval process
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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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Nearly a quarter of follow-up studies required by the Food and Drug Administration for medical devices in recent years were never completed, according to a senior
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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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A report to be released on Friday  finds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does very little to  ensure the safety of patients who help test drugs in clinical  trials, The New York Times reports.
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The FDA is being accused of approving drugs too quickly, in 1992 Congress passed a new law so that the FDA could speed up drug approvals.
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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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U.S. drug safety regulators are coming under fire for their response to years of suspicions, confirmed last week, that arthritis drug Vioxx increased the risks of heart attacks and strokes.
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About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency's monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold.
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It takes another run at getting FDA approval for its lead drug.
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The Bush administration has again found itself on the wrong side of a hot-button political issue. This time it&#39;s prescription drug importation, which a majority of Americans and members of Congress support.
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Taking a look at how drug approval rates have fared under different FDA commissioners.
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A scientist working at the US Food and Drug Administration accuses the agency of "profound failure" in its oversight of the recently withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Nearly 20 percent of U.S. Food and  Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they  were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine  despite their reservations about the drug's risks or  effectiveness, according to documents made public on Thursday.
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Gaithersburg-based GenVec has run into a problem with its top drug candidate, and investors have had an adverse reaction. GenVec says the US Food and Drug Administration has requested that clinical trials
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An internal survey found that about two-thirds of FDA scientists lack confidence in the agency&#39;s monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now on the market.
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Flaws in a clinical trial of the AIDS drug nevirapine conducted by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) were reportedly kept from the US president before his 2002 announcement of a major aid programme for Africa.
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The Food and Drug Administration of the US found itself in the midst of a rather unpleasant controversy. Recently the chief of Cleveland Clinic Foundationâs department of cardiovascular medicine blamed this