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GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes post-Vioxx

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is it right for drug companies to carry out their own clinical trials?

In BMJ today two experts debate whether the conflict of interest is unacceptable when drug companies carry out clinical trials on their own medicines.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA probes liver damage with weight loss pill alli

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of liver damage in patients taking alli, the only nonprescription weight loss drug approved by the agency.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mass. doctor accused of faking pain pill data

(AP) -- A Massachusetts anesthesiologist has been accused of faking data for a dozen years in 21 published studies that suggested after-surgery benefits from painkillers including Vioxx and Celebrex.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0