FDA Blasted Over Vioxx Safety And Five Other Drugs
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A US government drug-safety scientist told lawmakers that the US Food and Drug Administration is &quot;virtually defenseless&quot; against a possible drug catastrophe like Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A20-YEAR veteran of federal drug safety wars sent shock waves through the Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry when he told a Senate hearing that regulators are &quot;incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx.
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Now that a US Food and Drug Administration official has named five prescription drugs that may pose health dangers like Vioxx, medical professionals are taking sides as the debate is joined.
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A top Food and Drug Administration official said on Thursday she disagrees with an agency scientist&#39;s warning that five drugs on the market have significant safety risks.
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Startling testimony by an FDA drug safety reviewer about five popular medications has the medical world buzzing about how tightly the agency should be regulating new medications.
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The U.S. 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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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration silenced one of its drug experts who raised safety concerns weeks before Merck & Co. yanked the blockbuster drug Vioxx due to increased risks for heart attack and strokes, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday...
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A senior United States drug official last night said he believed at least another five medicines at present on sale needed further scrutiny in the wake of recent health scares.
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Calls for changing the way the government monitors drug safety erupted Friday, as consumer advocates and worried patients zeroed in on testimony that five federally approved medicines posed significant health risks.
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Veteran Food and Drug Administration safety officer tells a Senate hearing on the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx that five other widely used drugs should  either be withdrawn or sharply restricted.
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In devastating testimony before a Senate panel yesterday, a whistle-blower at the Food and Drug Administration shocked a packed hearing room when he listed five drugs now on
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U.S. lawmakers criticized the Food and Drug Administration's monitoring of the risks of a Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic and some other prescription drugs on Tuesday.
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British drug firms have defended the safety of two products which were deemed unsafe by an American expert. Dr David Graham listed five medicines which he said posed serious health risks during a US Senate hearing.
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WASHINGTON A US Food and Drug Administration official on Friday &quot;categorically&quot; rejected accusations that the agency had failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs, especially Merck&#39;s Vioxx painkiller.
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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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing new questions about its ability to police the safety of medicines after they reach the market following concerns about a widely used diabetes drug.
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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.