Probe Urged Of Allegations Against FDA
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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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they hit the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday sought to distance itself from remarks by one of its top safety officials that raised concerns about key drugs made by Astrazeneca and Glaxo Smithkline.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) on Friday asked an outside group to review the way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they hit the market, such as Merck &amp; Co.
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A US Food and Drug Administration official said Friday &quot;we categorically reject&quot; accusations the agency has failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs.
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A congressional subcommittee wants to subpoena criminal investigators at the Food and Drug Administration about their own probe concerning the antibiotic Ketek, which has been linked to liver failure.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration  said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA  researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not  reflect the views of the agency.
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The Food and Drug Administration came under withering criticism by a House panel yesterday for its handling of recent food-safety violations, and the Bush administration later disclosed plans to establish a working group to review the safety of food and other imports.
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The recent Vioxx withdrawal and  testimony from an FDA insider accusing the agency of failing to  protect public health are fueling such heightened concern over  drug safety that valuable medicines could be kept from  patients, doctors said on Friday.
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U.S. lawmakers criticized the Food and Drug Administration's monitoring of the risks of the antibiotic Ketek (Sanofi-Aventis) and some other prescription drugs on Tuesday.
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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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A congressional subcommittee voted Tuesday to subpoena former and current Food and Drug Administration investigators to testify about fraudulent clinical data that supported approval of the antibiotic drug Ketek.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - A U.S. 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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WASHINGTON - Congress is looking into whether the Food and Drug Administration shirked its duty by ignoring safety concerns about Vioxx raised by its own reviewers and outside scientists.
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Congress yesterday began investigating whether the US Food and Drug Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led to the withdrawal of half the US flu vaccine supply.
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US Health Secretary Tommy Thompson has urged local officials to investigate reports of companies raising prices to exploit a flu vaccine shortage.
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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.