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Flu bug is most pervasive in Minnesota since H1N1 strain

...Based on information and three recommendations of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee...year," said Karen Midthun, M.D., director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. "It is especially...

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Opinion
Drug monitoring at FDA falls short

...from about 30 months. However, the FDA's recall of eight prescription drugs...to market. A case in point was the FDA's decision Tuesday to remove the adult-diabetes...figure is probably much higher, and the FDA's senior epidemiologist reportedly estimates...

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Opinion
Thompson quizzed about departing FDA commissioner

...was not expected to stay largely because she oversaw the FDA's recent approval of the abortion pill RU-486. "This is...commissioner is "based on merit." Henney e-mailed the FDA's 9,000 employees Friday morning, saying, "Today's...

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News
Safety questions plague bowel-disease drug fast-tracked by FDA

...syndrome. But a Los Angeles Times investigation of the FDA's handling of Lotronex found that, over the past year, agency...FDA epidemiologists, to seek withdrawal of the drug. The FDA's handling of Lotronex is the latest example of how the pressure...

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Health
FDA plans to bring back controversial drug

...Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's drug-evaluation center, has privately...once again puts a spotlight on the FDA's handling of a drug with demonstrated...answer written questions concerning the FDA's re-evaluation of Lotronex.

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Health
Egg farms targeted with new food safety rules

...product for the American consumer," said Lou Carson, the FDA's deputy director of food safety initiatives. The agency...have sanitation procedures for preventing salmonella. The FDA's farm rules are similar to voluntary standards in quality...

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FDA approves birth-control pill designed for fewer periods

...and then a week of dummy pills for their period. And the FDA's approval means menstrual suppression could become more common...will respond to this product somewhat differently," said FDA's Dr. Scott Monroe. "Some will find they respond entirely...

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Health
Patch promises to seal hole in children's hearts without grueling surgery

...to heal this birth defect. "It's pretty remarkable to see just how this works," said Dr. Stuart Portnoy, of the FDA's cardiovascular and respiratory devices division. They're not perfect: even this minimally invasive therapy can cause...

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Health
Regulators gear up to monitor fertility clinics, official says

...federal approval and oversight. A new fertility treatment that helps older women have children prompted the letter. But the FDA's Dr. Phil Noguchi said it is part of a growing effort to increase government oversight of the industry. The letter went...

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What
FDA opens inquiry into whether list of fish pregnant women should avoid should be expanded

...is healthy. But amid fierce criticism from some consumer advocates that tuna and other species should be avoided, the FDA's independent scientific advisers have opened a three-day inquiry to judge if the agency erred -- and if American women...

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Health

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