Vioxx woes put FDA process under scrutiny
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs - with a few caveats - even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say.
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A US Food and Drug Administration reviewer who criticized the agency&#39;s handling of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s now-withdrawn Vioxx painkiller may be forced to another position
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A medical officer responsible for evaluating Vioxx testified that there were preliminary indications of heart problems with the painkiller, but it was difficult to sort through conflicting data.
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Medicines used by millions of Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx.
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Just days before a medical journal was to publish a Food and Drug Administration-sponsored study that raised concerns about the safety of the arthritis drug Vioxx, an FDA official
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The White House says the Food and Drug administration is doing a &quot;spectacular&quot; job. Really? The FDA didn&#39;t respond to warning signs that block-buster painkillers like Celebrex and Vioxx increased the risk of heart attacks.
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Congress is looking into whether the Food and Drug Administration ignored safety concerns about the drug raised by its own reviewers and outside scientists.
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Medicines used by millions of  Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense  scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of  studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like  Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx.
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs &#151; with a few caveats &#151; even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say. But the problems with Vioxx raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration's safety review process and the length of time it took Merck to pull the drug, observers say.
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A day after troubling reports about the popular pain relief drug Celebrex, more questions are being asked about the approval process for such drugs.
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Responding to public criticism of its handling of the controversial arthritis drug Vioxx, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday defended its oversight of the monitoring process and said it acted in the best interests of the public&#39;s safety.
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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 public outcry over the withdrawal of the painkiller Vioxx is leading to closer government scrutiny of new drugs to identify and disclose late-developing safety problems.
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Three drugs -- Vioxx, Ketek and Avandia -- are casting long shadows over the congressional debate on how to update and revise the 15-year-old system that has dramatically  sped up the process of bringing  prescription medicines to American consumers.
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Across the United States, doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that popular drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose potentially serious heart risks.
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WASHINGTON - Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs - with a few caveats - even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say. But the problems with Vioxx raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration's safety review process and the length of time it took Merck to pull the drug, observers say...
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The FDA (USA) says it did not try to suppress the findings of a safety official regarding the Vioxx painkiller. Vioxx was taken off the market last week because the drug increases a patient&#39;s risk of having a heart attack.