Ex-chief urges FDA to mine databases
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Safety problems with Vioxx could have been detected in months rather than years if the Food and Drug Administration had been able to sift through health-care information already compiled privately on one in three Americans.
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A US lawmaker called on Wednesday for a probe of reports that Food and Drug Administration officials tried to discredit a veteran scientist who testified over Merck &amp; Co.
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Dr. Steven Galson, acting director of the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s Center for Drug Evaluation, announced Friday that the FDA will review five popular drugs whose safety is being questioned.
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A US Food and Drug Administration reviewer who criticized the agency&#39;s handling of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s now-withdrawn Vioxx painkiller may be forced to another position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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relying on a "dysfunctional" computer system for tracking drug safety as it struggles to upgrade its technology, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a report commissioned by the FDA.
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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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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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A leading diabetes doctor sent the Food and Drug Administration a letter seven years ago that warned of the heart risks of the drug Avandia.
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Washington -- The government should reassess its policy of allowing prescription drugs to be advertised directly to consumers, a prominent cardiologist urged Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration needs more staff, funding and power over the   drug industry to better police the safety of medicines after   they reach the market, an Institute of Medicine panel said on   Friday.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration silenced one of its drug experts who raised safety concerns weeks before Merck & Co. yanked the blockbuster drug Vioxx due to increased risks for heart attack and strokes, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday...
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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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It would seem a drug executive&#39;s dream come true. On Oct. 21, the secretary of health and human services in the United States summoned top executives of MedImmune to his office in Washington to seek their
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The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday called on the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate alleged attempts to discredit a Food and Drug Administration whistle-blower.
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The Food and Drug Administration has given a whistle-blower scientist permission to publish data indicating that as many as 139,000 people had heart attacks that may be linked to Vioxx, the scientist's lawyer said Monday.
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Dr. Lester Crawford's nomination comes amid widespread calls that the Food and Drug Administration strengthen oversight of drug safety.
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A leading U.S. Senate Republican  this week demanded internal documents from Merck & Co. Inc.  MRK.N that could answer questions about the company's  interaction with U.S. regulators over its arthritis drug Vioxx.