USA Today, January 12, 2016. An advisory committee recommended Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve an implant designed to reduce addicts’ cravings for heroin or prescription painkillers.
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Partisan Split Threatens Progress on Bill to Speed Drug Approvals
STAT, February 1, 2016. When Republican senators overseeing legislation to accelerate medical treatments said they would chop the bill into parts, Democrats put on a good face.
Read More »Did FDA Screw Up Its Reporting of Essure Deaths?
QMED, February 7, 2016. An independent analysis of FDA MAUDE data shows 303 fetal deaths related to the Bayer contraceptive medical device, but FDA itself has only reported five. A U.S. congressman is officially demanding answers while also alleging that some doctors implanting the device received illegal kickbacks.
Read More »FDA Faulted for Problems With Drug Tracking
New York Times, January 14, 2016. Federal investigators said Thursday that there were flaws in the way the Food and Drug Administration tracked drugs after they came to market, raising questions about the agency’s effectiveness as the country’s main drug overseer.
Read More »FDA Struggles to Track Safety of Approved Fast-Track Drugs, GAO Finds
CQ Roll Call, January 14, 2016. Despite an increase in the number of drugs approved through expedited pathways, the Food and Drug Administration struggles to track the safety of those drugs once they are on the market, a report made public Thursday by the Government Accountability Office found.
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