FDA, Drug Industry Under Fire on 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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Drug safety measures pending in the House of Representatives may burden regulators without protecting patients from dangerous medicines, a senior Food and Drug Administration official told lawmakers on Tuesday.
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There are two problems at the FDA. The first is that the Fraud and Drug Administration clearly puts the protection of Big Pharma profits as its primary mission, rather than protecting the public from dangerous drugs.
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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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Americans are exposed to dangerous medicines because drug makers do not adequately disclose side effects and regulators are failing to react fast enough to safety risks, according to a prominent medical journal.
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Nearly 20 percent of U.S. Food and  Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they  were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine  despite their reservations about the drug's risks or  effectiveness, according to documents made public on Thursday.
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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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New reports suggest another drug company moved too slowly to pull a dangerous medication from the market and question the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to protect the public.
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The Bush administration and some of its critics squared off yesterday over whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is doing an adequate job overseeing drug safety, and whether the agency needs major reforms.
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The US Food and Drug Administration, facing a barrage of criticism from both within and outside the agency, announced plans Friday to improve the safety of drugs after they have been approved.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration  officials pressured an agency safety official to keep quiet or  water down his findings that the now-withdrawn arthritis drug  Vioxx was dangerous to the heart, a leading Senate Republican  charged on Thursday.
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For years, the Bush administration - at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry â-as been blocking access to cheaper FDA-approved prescription drugs imported from Canada because it claimed they were not safe.
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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 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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NEW YORK - The pharmaceutical industry has endured a disastrous 2004, and the aftermath will linger into the new year. Regulators at the Food and Drug Administration were expected to take a more cautious approach
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration plans to revamp how it handles safety issues with the stents, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and other medical devices it regulates.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defended its approval of five prescription medications which a staffer dubbed unsafe, warning that they present possible risks so severe they should face tougher restrictions or be pulled off the market.