HHS Report Slams FDA’s Conflict of Interest Oversight
Public release date: 13-Jan-2009 - 42% were missing the required financial disclosures on the investigators. - Most often, the sponsors said the investigators could not be located or failed to…
US infant formula safe from melamine, says FDA? ( 2008 )
Public release date: 1-Dec-2008 -“Levels of melamine alone or cyanuric acid alone, at or below 1 part per million (ppm) in infant formula do not raise public health concerns,”…
Drug marketing techniques may be risking patient safety
Public release date: 2-Dec-2008 Analysis: What can we learn from drug marketing efficiency? With new drugs being reviewed by regulatory agencies and then released onto the market faster than ever…
14 drugs identified as most urgently needing study for off-label use, Stanford professor says
Public release date: 24-Nov-2008 - quetiapine (brand name Seroquel), warfarin, escitalopram, risperidone and montelukast etc... STANFORD, Calif. — Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat…
Doctors should disclose off-label prescribing to their patients
Public release date: 10-Nov-2008 Doctors should be required to disclose when they are prescribing drugs off-label, argues a new article in this week's PLoS Medicine. Michael Wilkes and Margaret…
Splenda may damage gut bacteria, boost weight gain: study
Public release date: 21-Oct-2008 By Stephen Daniells 25-Sep-2008 - Consumption of the sweetener Splenda at doses within the US FDA’s Acceptable Daily Intake may suppress beneficial bacteria in the…
Half of trials supporting FDA applications go unpublished
Public release date: 22-Sep-2008 Over half of all supporting trials for FDA-approved drugs remained unpublished 5 years after approval, says new research published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The…
Higher urinary levels of commonly used chemical, BPA, linked with cardiovascular disease, diabetes
Public release date: 15-Sep-2008 Higher levels of urinary Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound commonly used in plastic packaging for food and beverages, is associated with cardiovascular disease, type 2…
Expert urges FDA to take action to reduce BPA exposure (2008)
Public release date: 16-Sep-2008 MU studies have shown dangerous health effects with BPA exposure since 1997 COLUMBIA, Mo. – In the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical…
BPA - Bisphenol A
Corruption - Fabricated Data
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Medical Ethics
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FDA defends (BPA) plastic linked with health risks (2008)
Public release date: 16-Sep-2008 With scientists at odds over the safety of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, consumers got minimal…
Post-marketing studies finding adverse events in drugs used in children / Very rare serious adverse events are seldom defined during a study
Public release date: 2-Sep-2008 DURHAM, NC -- The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA, 1997), designed to stimulate more drug safety studies in children, has resulted in more than…
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Lethal or Unintended Side Effects
Medical Ethics
Medical Propaganda
Missed - Medical Breakthroughs
Toxic drugs, toxic system: Sociologist predicts drug disasters / cites fatal flaws in drug testing, approval and marketing
Public release date: 3-Aug-2008 Study says harm from prescription drugs growing, cites fatal flaws in drug testing, approval and marketing BOSTON — Americans are likely to be…
Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder
Public release date: 22-Jun-2008 UCLA researchers discovered that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction inflicted by a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Because half of TSC…
Study says FDA allowed risky tests of blood substitutes / hospitals participating in the study could give the blood substitute to patients without their knowledge
Public release date: 29-Apr-2008 CHICAGO | Experimental blood substitutes raised the risk of heart attack and death, yet U.S. regulators allowed human testing to continue despite warning signs, a scathing…
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Medical Ethics
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Pharmaceutical - Medical Devices
Stanford researcher criticizes FDA plans to reduce oversight of off-label drug use ( 2008 )
Public release date: 2-Apr-2008 STANFORD, Calif. - Proposed guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would allow companies to market more drugs for unapproved uses and are a step…
FDA deadlines may compromise drug safety by rushing approval
Public release date: 26-Mar-2008 Contact: Amy Lavoie amy_lavoie@harvard.edu 617-496-9982 Harvard University Fast-tracked medications more likely to face later regulatory action to remedy safety concerns CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Many medications are…
FDA ties pneumonia deaths to infant vaccine
Public release date: 18-Feb-2008 WASHINGTON - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's rotavirus vaccine is associated with increased pneumonia-related deaths and other adverse reactions, U.S. regulatory staff said in documents posted on Friday.…
Iodized table salt may be low in iodine, raising health concerns / 53 percent of iodized salt samples contained not enough
Public release date: 1-Feb-2008 Amid concern that people in the United States are consuming inadequate amounts of iodine, scientists in Texas have found that 53 percent of iodized…
Selective reporting of antidepressant trials exaggerates drug effectiveness
Public release date: 16-Jan-2008 PORTLAND, Ore. - Selective publication in reporting results of antidepressant trials exaggerates the effectiveness of the drugs, according to a report in the January 17…
Rosiglitazone (Avandia) for type 2 diabetes — concern over side effects
Public release date: 17-Jul-2007 This Cochrane Systematic Review analysed data from 18 trials that involved a total of 8432 people and found no evidence that rosiglitazone led to better patient…
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