Panel Rejects Drugstore Sales of Cholesterol Drug
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Federal health advisers recommended against over-the-counter sales of cholesterol drug Mevacor, saying that patients need medical guidance.
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A US regulatory advisory panel has rejected Procter &amp; Gamble&#39;s female sexual dysfunction patch, saying the potential long-term risks of the hormone treatment outweighed the benefits.
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The discovery that an experimental cholesterol drug is dangerous is a major setback for what has been considered one of the most promising new approaches to fighting the nation's leading killer, experts said yesterday.
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Doctors in the United States have shunned GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia since a study was published last week linking the drug to heart-attack risk, according to daily prescription data.
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WASHINGTON A US Food and Drug Administration official on Friday &quot;categorically&quot; rejected accusations that the agency had failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs, especially Merck&#39;s Vioxx painkiller.
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WASHINGTON Dec 22, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration is seeking to block an ad touting the safety of the cholesterol drug Crestor, calling the claims misleading.
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The panel is examining claims that GlaxoSmithKline tried to suppress a doctorâs criticism of its drug Avandia.
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Drugs to raise so-called good cholesterol may still have a future despite the widely publicized failure last year of an experimental cholesterol treatment from Pfizer, researchers said.
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A top official of the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday that he and his colleagues &quot;categorically reject&quot; earlier Congressional testimony that the agency has failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs.
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A regulatory panel&#39;s Thursday decision not to recommend approval of Proctor &amp; Gamble Co.&#39;s sex-drive patch for women slammed shares of BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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New data are due out on a promising cholesterol drug. But there are doubters.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Making a cholesterol drug available over the counter could give millions of Americans a new option to reduce the risk of heart disease and provide a major public health benefit, drugmaker Merck & Co Inc argued to a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - Giving consumers access to  cholesterol-lowering drugs without a prescription could expand  use of the medicines and help fight the U.S. heart disease  epidemic, drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. told an advisory panel on  Thursday.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - U.S. advisers are set to decide  on Friday whether they will recommend approval for Merck & Co.  Inc.'s plan to sell a cholesterol-lowering medicine on  drugstore shelves without a prescription.
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An advisory panel of experts recommended unanimously yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration reject a new weight-loss drug after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal behavior.
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The use of cholesterol-lowering drugs belonging to the statin family, such as Lipitor or Pravacol, does not seem to have any effect on the risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, according to findings from a new study.
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U.S. regulators have rejected  GlaxoSmithKline Plc's  experimental drug gepirone ER for  adults with major depression.