FDA Says Intercepted Canadian Drugs Unsafe
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The government said Tuesday that intercepted drugs purportedly sent from Canada were made and shipped elsewhere, had been subject to Canadian recall and had cheaper generic counterparts in the United States.
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Federal agents at the Port of Miami have seized a shipment of prescription drugs ordered from a Canadian pharmacy, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.
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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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Canada's top health official warned yesterday that his government may try to stop prescription drug shipments to US consumers if the trade keeps growing.
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A top Food and Drug Administration official said on Thursday she disagrees with an agency scientist&#39;s warning that five drugs on the market have significant safety risks.
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A top official of the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday that he and his colleagues &quot;categorically reject&quot; earlier Congressional testimony that the agency has failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs.
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Canada&#39;s health minister said Wednesday that his country &quot;cannot be the drug store of the United States&quot; -- a warning that comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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Consumers would see little savings from a government-sanctioned system of prescription drug imports from Canada, and imported drugs carry safety concerns.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection  officials have scrapped their 11-month-old policy of seizing  prescription drugs imported through the mail from Canada, The  Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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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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Canadian officials suspended the use of a hyperactivity drug amid reports of deaths associated with its use.
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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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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the  way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already  on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller  Vioxx.
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The CIA was eager to examine the use of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs to modify the behavior of targeted individuals, and so it asked commercial drug manufacturers to pass along samples of medicines rejected for commercial sale "because of unfavorable side effects," according to an undated...
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An official of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday "we categorically reject" accusations the agency has done a poor job of protecting the public against dangerous drugs.
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Importing cheaper prescription drugs should not come at the expense of safety, said a US government report issued on Tuesday that highlighted the problems of ensuring the medicines are equivalent to those in the United States.