Calls are mounting for revamp of FDA
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Just as the Enron scandal triggered an overhaul of corporate accounting practices, the nation&#39;s prescription drug crisis may prompt a sweeping revamp of
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In the face of growing public distrust, the US Food and Drug Administration remains unpersuasive in claiming that its review of prescription drugs is sufficient or places the consumer first.
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WASHINGTON Nov 5, 2004 - Buffeted by criticism, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it would appoint a director of drug safety and take other actions to assure the safety of medications it approves.
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Senator Judd Gregg (USA) does not like the idea of a new independent bureau responsible for drug safety. He says all it would achieve would be more layers of FDA bureaucracy.
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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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Jean Pierre Garnier, head of GlaxoSmithkline, says the FDA should have stronger powers - forcing pharmaceutical companies to carry out further tests on already approved drugs.
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The warning label on the abortion drug is changing as the result of problems predicted by pro-life activists. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is strengthening the warning
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A group called the Coalition for a Stronger FDA yesterday launched a campaign to boost the Food and Drug Administration's budget.
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Almost one-fifth of the Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed two years ago as part of an official review said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new drug despite
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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
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Three drugs -- Vioxx, Ketek and Avandia -- are casting long shadows over the congressional debate on how to update and revise the 15-year-old system that has dramatically sped up the process of bringing prescription medicines to American consumers.
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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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Calls for a revamp of the NHS in London has sparked concerns over wider changes to the health service.
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Is the US Food &amp; Drug Administration failing? That was the testimony of one senior FDA official last week concerning Merck&#39;s withdrawal of the Vioxx anti-pain drug.
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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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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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The Food and Drug Administration of the US found itself in the midst of a rather unpleasant controversy. Recently the chief of Cleveland Clinic Foundationâs department of cardiovascular medicine blamed this