There was an opportunity in the Senate and House bills on FDA reform (the Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007) to do something about this and I as a reformer am disappointed in the failure of both bills to strengthen post-market surveillance.
For months, the medical world has been waiting to see a paper co-authored by U.S. Food and Drug Administration safety expert David Graham .
Regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and UK Food Safety Agency have established recommended maximum fumonisin levels in food and feed products made from corn.
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In the wake of the withdrawal of Vioxx and other drug safety scandals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hopes to compel drug companies to pay to monitor the safety of already approved medicines.
Advocates from the National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance ( www.nailsalonalliance.org) and officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Food and Drug Administration and the Small Business Administration will discuss recommendations on how to improve working conditions for AAPI nail salon workers.
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The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning about Infuse in 2008.
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Wrigley stops new sales and marketing of Alert Energy Caffeine Gum as the Food and Drug Administration investigates the safety of added caffeine.
Some 30, 000 Americans go to the emergency room each year because of severe food allergies, said Dr. Stefano Luccioli of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Food Additive Safety.
So this is about a 10-year concern by the Food and Drug Administration in terms of safety.
Lawmakers and consumer advocacy groups have also called on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the safety of the high levels of caffeine in energy drinks for younger people.
Vioxx and Bextra, a Pfizer painkiller, both remain off the market in the U.S., and there is new controversy in Congress about the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in ensuring drug safety.
Dodd , a Democrat, is proposing a sweeping set of drug reforms that would give the Food and Drug Administration the muscle to force pharmaceutical companies to study drug safety after the medicines are approved.
Richard Durbin of Illinois and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have repeatedly called on the Food and Drug Administration to look into the safety of the drinks for children.
More than 13, 000 patients have been enrolled in one study to test the drug's safety and efficacy for an application with the Food and Drug Administration.
The potential market is huge, but the regulatory hurdles for protein drugs is incredibly high--especially when the Food and Drug Administration is likely to become more gun shy when it comes to drug safety.
On Feb. 10, a panel of drug safety experts unexpectedly recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration put a visible, boxed warning on stimulant medicines like Adderall, Ritalin and Concerta, which are used to treat the disorder in both children and adults.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is evaluating the safety of over-the-counter cold and cough medications in older children.
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The findings are based on reports by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
On Monday, Novartis said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants it to run a new safety study of Galvus.
Washington (CNN) -- An entire class of statin drugs will get new labels that alert the public to safety concerns, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.
On Monday, Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants it to run a new safety study of Galvus.
The Food and Drug Administration does not test the ingredients or safety of all herbal products and nutritional supplements before they appear in stores, as it does with prescription drugs.
Lawmakers cited a Food and Drug Administration report as proof that PCA cared more about its bottom line than about food safety.
But aside from beefing up drug company inspections abroad and tightening food safety regulations, there is no justification for the FDA to receive additional funding.
No single person has come to more represent the big questions about drug safety that emerged following the withdrawal of Merck's painkiller Vioxx than the Food and Drug Administration's David Graham.
Finally, by letting the FDA allow some tobacco products and claims and forbid others, this bill gives Altria exactly what it wants: the blessing of the Food and Drug Administration, which is known for establishing the safety of items under its purview.
In Mississippi, from the farm to the grocery, the convenience store to the restaurant, all food is already regulated to ensure safety by divisions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the state Department of Health and the state Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
According to the federal laws enforced by the Food and Drug Administration, cosmetics companies are responsible for ensuring the safety of their products.
An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to meet in February to discuss the safety of the drugs.
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a two-day panel of experts on the safety and efficacy of drug-coated stents, tiny devices used in a nonsurgical alternative to heart bypass operations.
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