FDA&#39;s acting chief in hot seat
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Before he was rebuked by the committee chairman for &quot;screaming at the witness,&quot; Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., gave the head of the Food and Drug Administration a piece of his mind.
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WASHINGTON White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card says the Food and Drug Administration is doing a &quot;spectacular job&quot; of protecting the public.
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The head of the Senate Finance Committee called on the US Department of Health and Human Services to launch a probe of allegations that the US Food and Drug Administration went out of its way to discredit a whistleblower.
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As drug makers are increasingly scrutinized for their relationships to researchers, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's chief academic officer is finding himself under the spotlight.
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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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A top Republican lawmaker raised concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.
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A Senate committee is scheduled to  take action next week on President George W. Bush's pick to  head the Food and Drug Administration, the panel's chairman  said on Wednesday.
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Food and Drug Administration whistle-blower David J. Graham believes he will soon be transferred or fired in retaliation for telling a congressional hearing that the agency is falling short
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The federal Food and Drug Administration, the agency charged with protecting an American public that is more and more dependent on pharmaceuticals, has been falling down on its job.
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This has not been an especially good year for regulatory government agencies, with their accompanying acronyms. Let&#39;s begin with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which can&#39;t quite make up its mind which drug will kill us first - or how quickly.
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The food and drug administration, the pharmaceuticals regulator in the United States, was yesterday fighting to head off a crisis in confidence among the American public.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Scott Simon talks with a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. David Kessler, about the FDA&#39;s complications with the arthritis drug Vioxx and other drugs, and the process by which drugs are approved.
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Merck & Co. Inc. Chief Executive  Officer Raymond Gilmartin and FDA officials have been called to  testify before Congress on Nov. 18 over safety problems with  the company's withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx, a top U.S.  lawmaker said on Wednesday.
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A former US House of Representatives committee chairman, who earlier this year ended negotiations to head the pharmaceutical industry&#39;s top lobby after critics
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Senators on Tuesday pressed Health and Human Services nominee Mike Leavitt for a permanent commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration, which has been without one for nearly a year amid rising concerns about the safety of drugs on the market.
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Washington - An expert with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said on Thursday he was pressured by his agency to stifle study results showing the potential dangers of the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx.
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The acting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner on Monday disputed a published report that said agency officials knew before Oct. 5 that British health authorities might suspend