FDA&#39;s system works
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The Food and Drug Administration takes drug safety and risks seriously and will continue its longstanding practice of assessing the safety of drugs using sound judgment and good science - including peer-reviewed analyses.
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Cancer drug shows exceptional promise as it moves toward FDA review.
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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 CardioWest artificial heart, devloped by University Medical Center&#39;s artificial heart team and used in more than 300 patients worldwide, is the first ever to win approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
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The US Food and Drug Administration today announced a five-step program to bolster drug safety evaluations. The news comes after controversy over the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx and risks to children on antidepressants.
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday it is setting up a new system for identifying potentially dangerous and mislabeled dietary supplements, and it promised to aggressively go after
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that fish and other foods and dietary supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids can claim on their labels that they help reduce the risk of
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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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There are two problems at the FDA. The first is that the Fraud and Drug Administration clearly puts the protection of Big Pharma profits as its primary mission, rather than protecting the public from dangerous drugs.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gained broad new powers to ensure the safety of prescription drugs used by millions of Americans under a bill President Bush signed into law.
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Startling testimony by an FDA drug safety reviewer about five popular medications has the medical world buzzing about how tightly the agency should be regulating new medications.
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The FDA, which has been under criticism for its lengthy approval process, this week approved two new drugs for multiple sclerosis and cancer treatment.
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In this country, drug safety falls under the purview of the Food &amp; Drug Administration and the agency enjoys a near-spotless record in this arena.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defended its approval of five prescription medications which a staffer dubbed unsafe when he warned the drugs present possible risks so severe they should face tougher restrictions or be pulled off the market.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first genetics-based lab test to help physicians personalize their patients' drug doses.
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The Food and Drug Administration launched an effort this week to use radio frequency identification technology to track the nation&#39;s drug supply from manufacturer to pharmacy to reduce counterfeiting.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration plans to revamp how it handles safety issues with the stents, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and other medical devices it regulates.