Business Analysis: Overhaul urged for US food and drug watchdog
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By Katherine Griffiths in New York and Stephen Foley in London. The United States&#39; Food and Drug Administration used to be a regulator so trusted that when it waved through the introduction of genetically modified
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration will ask the Institute of Medicine to study the  agency's safety monitoring of medicines already on the market,  Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford said on Friday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration needs more staff, funding and power over the   drug industry to better police the safety of medicines after   they reach the market, an Institute of Medicine panel said on   Friday.
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Three years ago, the regulatory overseers at the new Bush administration's    Office of Management and Budget  invited suggestions on which federal rules needed some work -- a tuneup, elimination, or maybe a new rule altogether. The effort was directed by Congress, which wanted the OMB to report to it annually on the costs and benefits of regulation and send along an inventory of ineffective or inefficient rules that should be reformed or killed.
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It has been a tough three years for the Food and Drug Administration, which until recently was credited with providing the United States with the safest drug supply in the world.
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The US pharmaceutical industry endured a disastrous 2004, and the aftermath will linger into the new year. Regulators at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were already expected
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The Food and Drug Administration  will announce on Tuesday it will create an independent drug  safety oversight board as a new measure to strengthen the  safety of drugs already in the marketplace, an administration  official said.
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Pharmaceutical and advertising industry lobbyists who thwarted attempts in the Senate to rein in drug advertising now turn their attention to the House of Representatives, which is scheduled to take up legislation to overhaul the Food and Drug Administration today.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration said on Tuesday it was creating an independent  drug safety board after the agency's monitoring of drugs  already in the marketplace was criticized amid the withdrawal  of arthritis drug Vioxx.
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The regulatory approval was also a boost for the embattled drugs sector. It was feared that, following a series of safety crises, the US Food and Drug Administration would get tougher on new drugs.
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The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration needs more staff and funding to fix its   monitoring of drug safety after medicines are on the market,   the Institute of Medicine (IOM) said on Friday.
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A report from the Institute of Medicine urged Congress and the president to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration offered new guidance to the food industry on Monday to try to keep fresh-cut vegetables safe but admitted it is still not clear how lettuce, tomatoes and other foods get contaminated in the first place.
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Description: Faced with a series of major lapses in drug safety, the Food and Drug Administration announces new measures to rectify the situation.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing new questions about its ability to police the safety of medicines after they reach the market following concerns about a widely used diabetes drug.
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Amid intense criticism that it is slow to raise the alarm about unsafe medicines, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it would hire the nation&#39;s top
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Two revelations last week of Food and Drug Administration foot-dragging place in doubt whether the agency can effectively serve and protect consumers.