Agency doctors say post-market studies can&#39;t be required
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Food and Drug Administration could not force Merck to perform safety studies of arthritis drug Vioxx after it hit the market in 1999, but the agency successfully &quot;negotiated&quot; the long-term studies that uncovered Vioxx&#39;s heart
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A hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive should not be approved until additional studies to determine its risk, federal health advisers said today.
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Two US regulators defended the Food and Drug Administration's handling of the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, disputing the contention of heart researcher Dr. Eric Topol that the agency could have forced Merck &amp; Co. to do more safety testing.
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Nov. 18, 2004 -- An FDA scientist who says he was pressured by superiors not to warn the public about the cardiovascular risk of Vioxx urged lawmakers Thursday to create an independent safety office free of
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Oncologists do not usually need bodyguards when they present scientific data at a medical symposium.
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Carrying out checks on embryos for genetic disorders incurs no more risk than standard IVF, work suggests.
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Guidelines released Monday by  the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) indicate that  at present lung cancer screening with CT scanning and other  methods is generally not warranted outside of research studies.
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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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Nearly 20 percent of U.S. Food and  Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they  were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine  despite their reservations about the drug's risks or  effectiveness, according to documents made public on Thursday.
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A top Food and Drug Administration  official said on Thursday she disagrees with an agency  scientist's warning that five drugs on the market have  significant safety risks.
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Almost one-fifth of agency scientists surveyed two years ago as part of an official review said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new drug despite reservations.
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A top Food and Drug Administration official said on Thursday she disagrees with an agency scientist's warning that five drugs on the market have significant safety risks.
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Doctors deny older people treatments they would offer younger patients, a study says.
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Neurologists urge caution upon reports of a successful therapy.
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Panel stops short of calling for rigorous measures to tackle eating disorders.
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About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency's monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold.
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Don&#39;t be embarrassed to question your doctor about that new prescription he&#39;s written, the National Council on Patient Information and Education advises.