The ''Poison Squad'' and the Advent of Food and Drug Regulation
... "O, they may get over it but they'll never look the same, That kind of bill of fare would drive most men insane. Next week he'll give them mothballs, a la Newburgh or else plain; O, they may g...

FDA Statement on THG
... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently been made aware of a substance called tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), which is reportedly used by athletes to improve their performance. Based on the ag...

Home Diagnostic Tests: The Ultimate House Call?
... by Carol Lewis More and more Americans are playing doctor in the privacy of their own bathrooms, using a few drops of blood or a urine sample to test for cholesterol, blood glucose, or evidence of col...

Imported Drugs Raise Safety Concerns
... by Michelle Meadows Selene Seguros Rios was 18 months old in 1999 when she received two injections of a pain and fever drug called Neo-Melubrina (dipyrone) in an illegal backroom clinic in Tustin, Cal...

Strategies to Reduce Medication Errors
... By Michelle Meadows When Jacquelyn Ley shattered her elbow on the soccer field two years ago, her parents set out to find her the best care in Minneapolis. "We drove past five other hospitals to get t...

FDA Announces Initiative to Heighten Battle Against Counterfeit Drugs
... Commissioner of Food and Drugs Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., today announced a major new initiative to more aggressively protect American consumers from drugs that have been counterfeited. The new i...

FDA COMPLETES FIRST STEPS OF ITS BROAD INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE REGULATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING
... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it has accomplished the initial objectives set in its ongoing initiative to modernize the agency's regulation of pharmaceutical manufact...

FDA Proposes Steps to Assure the Safety and Efficacy of Certain Currently Unapproved Medicines
... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed new steps to assure the safety and efficacy of certain unapproved, but widely marketed medicines. The proposal aims to make sure that patients can...

User Fees and Medical Device Reviews
... By Carol Lewis For the past decade, manufacturers of drug and biologics products have been required to pay a user fee to the Food and Drug Administration when applying for approval of new medicines an...

Drug Research and Children
... Recent studies are providing important new information about drug safety and effectiveness for children. Pediatricians say it's about time. By Michelle Meadows Most drugs prescribed for children h...