FDA vows to increase efforts to ensure drug safety
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration is vowing to appoint a director of drug safety and take other steps to ensure the safety of medications.
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Dr. Lester Crawford's nomination comes amid widespread calls that the Food and Drug Administration strengthen oversight of drug safety.
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The announcement comes on the eve of a three-day FDA meeting called to discuss the safety of painkillers like Merck &#38; Co.
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The US Food and Drug Administration today announced a five-step program to bolster drug safety evaluations. The news comes after controversy over the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx and risks to children on antidepressants.
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday its intentions to conduct a major evaluation of its approach in dealing with safety concerns involving drugs, primarily those that are already marketed.
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LEADING medical journal editors and lawmakers have rightfully focused a spotlight on how well the Food and Drug Administration monitors the safety of drugs after they are approved.
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Our position is: Greater drug safety needs to be coupled with awareness that some risk is inherent in medicine. When it comes to assurances of drug safety, consumers would be advised to heed George Bernard Shaw&#39;s warning to beware of what they wish for.
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The global pharmaceutical industry  unveiled plans on Thursday to publish more data about trials of  medicines in a bid to reassure patients following recent alarms  over drug safety.
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WASHINGTON -- After months of heightened concerns about the safety and effectiveness of Vioxx and similar best-selling painkillers, and intense criticism of how the Food and Drug Administration has handled them, the agency will launch critical meetings beginning tomorrow on what to do next.
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An internal survey of Food and Drug Administration scientists conducted by the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General revealed safety concerns about the FDAâs approval process and monitoring of marketed drugs, according to a press
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The United States is hoping to bolster the safety of food and other products imported from China by opening a new Food and Drug Administration office in the Asian nation.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration yesterday gained broad new powers to ensure the safety of prescription drugs used by millions of Americans under a bill signed by President Bush.
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The federal Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to protect the American public is in question in the wake of the problems with this year&#39;s flu vaccine shortage and claims that it is allowing unsafe drugs to remain on the market.
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The Food and Drug Administration takes drug safety and risks seriously and will continue its longstanding practice of assessing the safety of drugs using sound judgment and good science - including peer-reviewed analyses.
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NEW YORK -- The pharmaceutical industry yesterday said it plans to publish more data about clinical drug trials, despite skepticism about whether the initiative will increase transparency and improve drug safety.
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US Food and Drug Administration officials defended their record on drug safety Thursday in the face of attacks from both inside and outside the agency.
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday it will create an independent drug safety board -- as critics have demanded -- that would quickly direct the agency how to respond to drugs on the market that are suspected to be unsafe.