FDA Criticized on Abortion Pill Safety
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WASHINGTON Nov 16, 2004 - The father of a teen who died after taking an abortion pill says new safety warnings added by the government aren&#39;t enough to protect women.
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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 steps to improve the safety of medications.
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WASHINGTON - The father of a teen who died after taking an abortion pill says new safety warnings added by the government aren&#39;t enough to protect women.
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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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The US Food and Drug Administration is supposed to be a vigilant industry watchdog that prevents harmful products from reaching America&#39;s kitchen tables and medicine chests.
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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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Washington - The abortion pill RU-486 is safe enough to remain on the market with strengthened warnings, the government said Tuesday despite a third death after the drug&#39;s use.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new report on Tuesday describing potential risks of several medicines after criticism that it was lax in policing drugs once they were on the market.
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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to review the way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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Anti-abortion groups are urging President Bush to withdraw his nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, angry that the agency may allow nonprescription sales of the morning-after pill.
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A document released by the FDA outlines its concerns with GPC's lead drug.
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New reports accuse another drug company of being too slow to pull a dangerous medication from the market and question the ability of the federal Food and Drug Administration to protect the public from such risks.
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WASHINGTON -- An abortion pill implicated in the death of an 18-year-old California woman last fall will add new warnings linking RU-486 to the risk of serious bacterial infection.
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WASHINGTON -- Dozens of poor and minority pregnant women were put at risk when they were given dummy pills instead of a drug believed to prevent outbreaks of genital herpes, consumer watchdogs charged Friday.
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The Food and Drug Administration will add additional warnings to RU-48, the so-called &#39;morning after pill&#39; after the death of an 18 year-old California woman last year.
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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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Nov. 19, 2004 -- New allegations from an FDA scientist that the agency is failing at its job of ensuring the safety of the drugs it approves has many Americans thinking twice before taking their daily dose.