FDA Advisers Vote Against Female Sex Drug
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WASHINGTON Dec 3, 2004 - In a move that could chill excitement about experimental drugs to treat female sexual dysfunction, federal advisers refused to endorse a new testosterone patch for women.
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Women's rights groups seeking easier access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S. regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a non-prescription "morning-after" pill.
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A hormone patch that works to restore a woman's sex drive should not be approved until additional studies to determine its risk, federal health advisers said today.
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12/2/04- The FDA reviewers could decide if a drug dubbed the &quot;female Viagra&quot; should be recommended for government approval.
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The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday told Congress no final decision had been made to cut funding for women's health initiatives at the agency.
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A U.S. advisory panel on Friday urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck & Co. Inc.'s  cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor.
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US medical experts on Wednesday voted unanimously against recommending approval of Inex Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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A U.S. advisory panel  urged the government on Thursday to reject Merck & Co Inc's   latest bid to sell a cholesterol-lowering drug without  a prescription.
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Procter & Gamble will try to persuade a federal advisory panel to recommend approval of the first drug to increase a woman's sex drive.
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Government advisers yesterday recommended against setting specific requirements for the reliability of new hormonal contraceptives, saying that might keep useful products off the market.
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Federal health advisers say there&#39;s not enough information to make sure a hormone patch that revives women&#39;s libido is safe for long-term use.
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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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Nov. 2,2004 - The Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers not to purchase or consume Actra-Rx or Yilishen, two products promoted for sale on Web sites as &quot;dietary supplements&quot; for treating erectile
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The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers not to buy or use Actra-Rx or Yilishen because the supplements contain an ingredient that could lower blood pressure to unsafe levels.
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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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Questions about the effectiveness and long-term safety of a testosterone patch designed to boost a woman's sex drive has federal regulators wondering whether to approve the product at all.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is preventing an agency scientist from presenting the largest, most up-to-date study of popular painkillers like Bextra, Celebrex and Vioxx during an FDA meeting next week on heart risks posed by the drugs, a US senator charged.