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FDA Criticized by the Government Accountability Office
Normally, it’s pharmaceutical companies that come under the scrutiny of the FDA. However, in an interesting twist of fate, the FDA itself is now under fire for not enforcing its own rules....
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FDA Gets Tough on Asthma Drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered four drug manufacturers to conduct additional post-marketing clinical trials of their long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs). LABAs to be studied...
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Pharma – Cracking Down on Crime
It’s rare in the pharmaceutical industry when a drop in numbers is a sign of good news. Unless it’s fewer side effects, most industry insiders cringe when they hear that this year’s figures are lower...
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Drugs That Can Land You in the Emergency Room
It’s midnight at the fire station and a call goes out for a patient who has overdosed. In addition to an ambulance and medic unit, police are dispatched. As we stage for the police, to ensure that the...
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Should new drugs wear a ‘Proceed with Caution’ label?
SRxA’s Word on Health was alarmed to read a new study showing that almost a quarter of prescription drugs approved in Canada over 16 years were later slapped with serious safety warnings or yanked from...
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