Lawyer builds a case for greater FDA oversight
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William B. Schultz, 59, partner at the Washington offices of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, focuses on laws related to food, drugs, and the public interest. Those interests merged when he opposed a lawsuit filed by a patient advocacy group, the Abigail Alliance, which sought greater access to experimental drugs. Schultz, working on behalf of a different group of patient advocates, endorsed ...
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The Bush administration and some of its critics squared off over whether the Food and Drug Administration is doing an adequate job overseeing drug safety, and whether the agency needs major reforms. White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. said it is doing a "spectacular" job.
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A lawyer for the tobacco industry Thursday attempted to paint the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration as a man who seized upon a political environment that was hostile to the tobacco industry in order to advance his
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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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Federal advisers who met last week to consider whether to restrict doses of popular antianemia drugs were themselves under scrutiny during the hearing. The Food and Drug Administration is considering a top-to-bottom reshaping of how it picks and uses the outside scientists who serve on the agency's advisory panels.
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The US regulator to beef up monitoring of drug safety after criticism over a painkiller linked to heart disease.
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The case of China's former FDA leader highlights the issues facing the country's pharmaceutical industry.
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Analysis Lawyer calls for urgent domain dispute reform
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Biotech companies, medical device  makers and food manufacturers joined patient groups and three  former U.S. health secretaries on Monday in calling for  increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration.
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Encysive gets set for a showdown with the FDA.
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The Consumers Union is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement measures to improve prescription drug safety and transparency.
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Is the US Food &amp; Drug Administration failing? That was the testimony of one senior FDA official last week concerning Merck&#39;s withdrawal of the Vioxx anti-pain drug.
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A key House Democrat said Thursday that the head of the Food and Drug Administration should resign in the wake of a probe over an antibiotic and news of a blood thinner linked to allergic reactions and four deaths.
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The drugmaker bumps into the FDA as it pushes to do more testing of Entereg.
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The Food and Drug Administration -- reacting to claims that it lets dangerous drugs stay on the market despite warnings from its own scientists -- said Thursday it will bolster its safety oversight division.
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A medical researcher who testified at a House hearing about the safety of the popular diabetes drug, Avandia, said he received the veiled threat of a lawsuit by a high-ranking drug company executive.
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Group that protects whistle-blowers says the FDA tried to discredit an outspoken safety officer who was challenging the agency's drug safety policies.