Probe Urged Of Allegations Against FDA
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The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday called on the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate alleged attempts to discredit a Food and Drug Administration whistle-blower.
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WASHINGTON -- A Food and Drug Administration official is defending the agency&#39;s action with regards to Vioxx. The drug was taken off the market Sept.
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U.S. drug safety regulators are  coming under fire for their response to years of suspicions,  confirmed last week, that arthritis drug Vioxx increased the  risks of heart attacks and strokes.
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The US health secretary asks local officials to investigate reports of companies raising prices to exploit a flu vaccine shortage.
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Republican lawmakers on Thursday  charged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with hindering a  congressional probe into whether the agency suppressed a  possible link between antidepressant use and suicidal behavior  in youth.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) on Friday asked an outside group to review the way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they hit the market, such as Merck &amp; Co.
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The U.S. Congress began  investigating on Wednesday whether the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led  to the withdrawal of half the country's flu vaccine supply.
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A top Republican lawmaker raised concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they hit the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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WASHINGTON -- Twenty-two members of Congress signed a letter today demanding information on reports that FDA whistleblower David Graham was being punished by Food and Drug Administration officials for his outspoken testimony before a Senate committee.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration denied charges it tried to suppress a safety  official's findings that painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled  from the market last week, raised heart attack risks.
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Group that protects whistle-blowers says the FDA tried to discredit an outspoken safety officer who was challenging the agency's drug safety policies.
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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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The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday sought to distance itself from remarks by one of its top safety officials that raised concerns about key drugs made by Astrazeneca and Glaxo Smithkline.
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WASHINGTON - Congress is looking into whether the Food and Drug Administration shirked its duty by ignoring safety concerns about Vioxx raised by its own reviewers and outside scientists.
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The US Food and Drug Administration asked David Graham, who last month told a Senate committee that the agency fails to protect the public from dangerous medicines, to leave his position
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As investigators track the source of tainted spinach, consumer groups seek more FDA authority over farms.