New Drug Danger Revelations Point to Need for Reform, Critics Say
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With yet more already-marketed medicines raising the ire of consumer advocates and regulators alike, momentum is building for reform of the governmentâs drug approval and monitoring procedures.
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The Food and Drug Administration needs more staff, funding and authority over the drug industry to better track the safety of medicines after they reach the market, an Institute of Medicine report said Friday.
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Experts raise concerns that flawed analysis of drug levels in corpses could affect the outcomes of court cases and inquests.
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A US Food and Drug Administration reviewer who has accused the agency of being lax in monitoring drug safety on Thursday said five medicines on the market need closer scrutiny.
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New studies are raising questions about whether drugs that have been used by millions of cancer patients might actually be harming them.
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A series of drug-safety scandals has led many on Capitol Hill to question whether the F.D.A. has failed to strike the right balance between speed and safety.
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Critics say the F.D.A.'s efforts to monitor the ill effects of drugs that are on the market are a shadow of what they should be.
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Web data that showed a risk for a diabetes drug is likely to spur more efforts to publicly disclose drug study results.
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Medics fear public safety could be compromised by the growing interest in using drugs for law enforcement.
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Local health care providers said the side effects of five widely used drugs, which came under scrutiny Thursday for their safety, were already known - and their benefits outweigh the risk.
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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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Abuse of prescription drugs is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide, and the shift has spawned a lethal new trade in counterfeit painkillers, sedatives and other medicines potent enough to kill, a global watchdog warned Wednesday.
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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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New reports suggest another drug company moved too slowly to pull a dangerous medication from the market and question the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to protect the public.
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The United States needs a better system to detect harmful effects of drugs already on the market, and it should be independent of the Food and Drug Administration and the drug industry, medical
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Just as the Enron scandal triggered an overhaul of corporate accounting practices, the nation's prescription drug crisis may prompt a sweeping revamp of the way the Food and Drug Administration ensures drug safety, some say.
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CHICAGO A leading doctor says physicians and patients are obliged to keep a close watch on new prescription drugs for side effects.