FDA to create and staff inspection offices in China, India
January 1, 2008
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The FDA plans to create and staff inspection offices throughout China and India, and possibly other countries.
Children’s cough medicine concerns leads to OTC drug act
January 1, 2008
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Responding to concerns about cough medicines labeled for children, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) have introduced the Non-Prescription Drug Modernization Act to give the FDA authority to remove unsafe OTC drug products without proceeding with lengthy public rulemaking procedures.
Bill would create public registry of drug company gifts to docs
January 1, 2008
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A bill to create a public registry of drug company gifts to physicians will be introduced in 2008 by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR).
State courts in West Virginia and New Jersey that declared the “learned intermediary” doctrine outmoded by DTC advertising were right on the money, according to Government Accountability Project executive director Mark Cohen.
FDA review staffers have been subjected to so many requests to brief congressional staff members and supply documents that there is an “intimidating” atmosphere, according to FDA deputy commissioner Janet Woodcock.
Former FDA deputy commissioner for medical and scientific affairs Scott Gottlieb, now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has expressed serious concerns about his former agency.
Signs are everywhere that Washington is preparing for the next administration, whatever color it may be.
Wiley-Blackwell relaunches InfoPOEMs and InfoRetreiver products
January 1, 2008
5:00 am
Wiley-Blackwell is relaunching its InfoPOEMs and InfoRetriever products under the name Essential Evidence Plus.
The Coalition for Healthcare Communication responds to Waxman
January 1, 2008
5:00 am
The Coalition for Healthcare Communication issued a statement in response to Rep. Henry Waxman’s assault on pharmaceutical company’s distribution of journal articles to doctors.
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