How to Improve Drug Safety
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It has been a tough three years for the Food and Drug Administration, which until recently was credited with providing the United States with the safest drug supply in the world.
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MEXICO CITY - Technological advances that help drug companies churn out highly profitable prescription medications must also be applied to improving public health care around the globe, a World Health Organization report released Wednesday says.
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Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent board of drug safety might be needed to ensure the safety of medications after they're approved for the market.
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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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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to review the way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration would gain authority to ensure the safety of prescription drugs, including the power to mandate label changes that warn of newly emerging risks, under a bill passed yesterday by the House.
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The pharmaceutical industry made a commitment Thursday to publish more data about clinical drug trials, amid growing questions about the safety of many leading companies' medicines.
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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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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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The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing.
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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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Description: Faced with a series of major lapses in drug safety, the Food and Drug Administration announces new measures to rectify the situation.
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Arguing that the country&#39;s system for monitoring drug safety is haphazard and ineffectual, editors of a leading medical journal Monday called for a radical overhaul and suggested the creation of a new independent drug safety board.
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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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First-in-man trials to be conducted in hospital The recommendations published in the wake of the disastrous drug trial that left six young men hospitalised could actually benefit some parts of the UK pharma industry, according to one expert.â¦
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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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The Food and Drug Administration  will announce on Tuesday it will create an independent drug  safety oversight board as a new measure to strengthen the  safety of drugs already in the marketplace, an administration  official said.