Its time to look at the faces of lives lost… In the early 1990s, faced with protests by AIDS activists about the glacier-like approval of potential life saving drugs, the Clinton administration changed the FDA drug approval process. They allowed pharmaceutical companies to “fast … [Read more...] about Safety For Sale…It Is Time To Demand Accountability From the FDA, and BIG PHARMA
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Sen. Grassley (R-IA) Keeps Pharmaceutical Industry, FDA In The Crosshairs
A BIG thank you to the Philadelphia Inquirer... One of the few major media outlets that consistently cover Big Pharma and the FDA… This weekend The Philadelphia Inquirer examined how Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has "found a congressional calling" in "creating uproars that … [Read more...] about Sen. Grassley (R-IA) Keeps Pharmaceutical Industry, FDA In The Crosshairs
Use of GARDASIL in Women Ages 27 through 45
From Merck Press Release 01.09.09 Merck Receives Complete Response Letter from the FDA WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Jan. 9, 2009 - Merck & Co., Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a second complete response letter regarding the … [Read more...] about Use of GARDASIL in Women Ages 27 through 45
Pharmaceutical Companies Seek Clarity On Evidence Needed For FDA
Pharmaceutical Companies Seek Clarity On Evidence Needed For FDA 05 Jan 2009 With the discovery of a growing number of predictive biomarkers for existing drugs, the question of when and how to add pharmacogenetic information to drug labels has taken on greater urgency. On … [Read more...] about Pharmaceutical Companies Seek Clarity On Evidence Needed For FDA
Merck is Holding The Gardasil Hammer
And genital warts in young men, looks like an issue they can nail According to Merck, their HPV vaccine, Gardasil has proved 90% effective in preventing the uncomfortable affliction known as genital warts in men. They plan to present the results of a recent study at a European … [Read more...] about Merck is Holding The Gardasil Hammer