Panel told 5 drugs on market unsafe
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At least five medications now sold to consumers pose such risks that their sale should be limited or stopped, said a government drug reviewer who raised safety questions earlier about the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A Food and Drug Administration reviewer who has criticized the agency for being lax in monitoring drug safety said on Thursday five medicines on the market need close scrutiny for possible side effects.
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Concerns over the approval of drugs that turned out to be dangerous have led Republicans and Democrats in the House and the Senate to call for investigations.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has targeted five regions around the world where it would like to establish a greater presence to monitor the safety of exported food, drugs and other goods, the top FDA official said on Thursday.
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Federal drug regulators are "virtually incapable of protecting America" from unsafe drugs, a federal drug safety reviewer told a Congressional panel.
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There was a puzzling line in a report in which the Bush Administration asserted it could not vouch for the safety of foreign, lower-cost prescription drugs.
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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 Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not reflect the views of the agency.
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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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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday  urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck &  Co. Inc.'s MRK.N cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor.
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A pair of Food and Drug Administration advisory panels called yesterday for new warnings for the widely used diabetes drug Avandia because of evidence that it significantly raises the risk of heart attack, but they stopped short of recommending that the drug be pulled from the market, as some FDA...
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Government agency announces 5-step program to improve its ability to assess risks posed by drugs. WASHINGTON (CNN) - In light of the recent recall of Vioxx and the controversy over the connection between antidepressants
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Description: A Bush administration task force has raised serious doubts about whether drugs imported from abroad can be made safe.
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THE US pharmaceutical industry that exports medicines around the world is facing further scrutiny after a survey revealed nearly one-fifth of its government overseers had experienced pressure to approve drugs about which they had reservations.
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The US 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 &amp; Co.
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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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Importing cheaper prescription drugs should not come at the expense of safety, said a U.S. government report issued on Tuesday that highlighted the problems of ensuring the medicines are equivalent to those in the United States.