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• F.B.I. Said to Misuse Funds for Health Fraud Cases
  ...Money earmarked by Congress for investigating health care fraud appears to have been shifted improperly to purposes like fighting terrorism, Congressional auditors said....
  New York Times - Mon, 16 May 2005 04:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Advisory Panel Backs an Anemia Drug
  ...A federal advisory panel recommended approval of Celgene''s drug Revlimid as a treatment for a potentially fatal blood disorder....
  New York Times - Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. And Drug Makers Could Run Tighter Ship
  ...The pharmaceutical industry could be wasting more than $50 billion a year in manufacturing costs alone, costs that could translate in to lower prices or greater research and development - according to findings of the largest empirical study ever performed of pharmaceutical manufacturing and the Food and Drug Administration monitoring policies. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Announces Strong Warnings for Painkillers
  ...Federal regulators warned about the heart risks of many painkillers, and persuaded Pfizer to withdraw its pain pill Bextra....
  New York Times - Fri, 08 Apr 2005 04:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Approves a Generic Biodrug
  ...A growth hormone made by Novartis used to treat growth deficiencies in children and adults has received regulatory approval....
  New York Times - Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Approves a Heart Drug for African-Americans
  ...The Food and Drug Administration took a controversial step toward a new frontier of personalized medicine....
  New York Times - Fri, 24 Jun 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Approves Broader Access to Next-Day Pill
  ...The agency’s decision did little to dampen what became a central part of the nation’s debate on abortion....
  New York Times - Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Approves Drug Meant to Help Short Children Grow
  ...Increlex is the first new drug in 30 years for the treatment of abnormally short stature in children....
  New York Times - Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Approves New Antibiotic From Wyeth
  ...By Bloomberg News....
  New York Times - Fri, 17 Jun 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Approves Test for Fatal Parasitic Infection
  ...Chagas disease is common in Latin America and increasingly prevalent in the U.S. blood supply....
  New York Times - Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:31 EST
  
• F.D.A. Approves This Year’s Flu Vaccines
  ...The agency said that it had approved influenza vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline, Chiron, MedImmune and Sanofi Pasteur for the 2006-2007 season....
  New York Times - Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Backs AIDS Pill to Be Taken Once a Day
  ...Atripla, the first drug that provides AIDS treatment in one pill a day, is a combination of three drugs already on the market....
  New York Times - Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Backs Novel Drug for Angina
  ...The approval of the drug, ranolazine, caps a long struggle by its developer to convince the F.D.A. that it is both safe and effective....
  New York Times - Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Chief Quit Over Financial Disclosure Form, His Wife''s Brother Says
  ...Lester M. Crawford''s wife has told family members that an unintentional failure to disclose financial holdings prompted his sudden resignation, her brother said...
  New York Times - Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Clears Flu Vaccine Made by Glaxo
  ...Also, the Chiron Corporation''s Liverpool vaccine plant, shut last year because of contamination, moved closer to being opened as officials work to avoid another shortage....
  New York Times - Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Considers Implant Device for Depression
  ...The F.D.A. may soon approve the pacemaker-like device despite the misgivings of many experts who say there is little evidence that it works....
  New York Times - Sat, 21 May 2005 04:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Data on Defibrillators Expected
  ...The Food and Drug Administration plans to release a study that shows that implantable heart defibrillators have been malfunctioning at an increasing rate....
  New York Times - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Dismisses Medical Benefit From Marijuana
  ...The agency's declaration that "no sound scientific studies" support the drug's medical use contradicted a review by government scientists....
  New York Times - Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Expanding Inquiry Into Heart-Device Company
  ...The inquiry will include an inspection of the manufacturing facilities of the Guidant Corporation, a maker of implantable heart devices....
  New York Times - Thu, 25 Aug 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Gains Accord on Wider Sales of Next-Day Pill
  ...Regulators and the maker of an emergency contraceptive medicine agreed on a plan that could lead within weeks to over-the-counter sales of the drug....
  New York Times - Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Had Report of Short Circuit in Heart Devices
  ...Months before the F.D.A. issued an alert about Guidant heart devices, the agency received a report from Guidant showing that some of the devices were short-circuiting....
  New York Times - Mon, 12 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Imposes Long-Delayed Rule to Require Tracking of Prescription Drugs
  ...The regulations, stemming from a 1988 law intended to combat counterfeiting by verifying a drug's pedigree, were originally drafted in 1999....
  New York Times - Sat, 10 Jun 2006 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Imposes Tougher Rules for Acne Drug
  ...Officials said they hoped that the rules would reduce the miscarriages, birth defects and abortions associated with Accutane....
  New York Times - Sat, 13 Aug 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Is Looking Into Epilepsy Drugs
  ...The Food and Drug Administration has begun a preliminary inquiry into whether epilepsy drugs may increase the risk of suicidal behavior in some patients....
  New York Times - Fri, 22 Apr 2005 04:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Meets With Maker of Flawed Heart Device
  ...The Food and Drug Administration and the Guidant Corporation discussed a defibrillator that has partly or totally failed in 26 cases because of an electrical flaw....
  New York Times - Wed, 25 May 2005 04:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Move Sends ViroPharma Shares Lower
  ...Shares of ViroPharma fell more than 30 percent amid concerns a generic rival to its antibiotic Vancocin could enter the market earlier than expected....
  New York Times - Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Nominee Advances; Hurdles Linger
  ...The vote on Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach’s nomination to head the Food and Drug Administration may be delayed by two Republicans....
  New York Times - Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Orders New Warning on an Attention-Deficit Drug
  ...A drug commonly prescribed for attention deficit disorder may increase suicidal thinking in children and adolescents, federal drug regulators warned....
  New York Times - Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Orders Recall of Intravenous Pumps
  ...The agency recalled 206,000 pumps after three people died and six became seriously ill when the infusion pumps unexpectedly shut down....
  New York Times - Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:00 EST
  
• F.D.A. Panel Approves Heart Remedy for Blacks
  ...A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended the approval of a heart-failure drug specifically for African-Americans....
  New York Times - Fri, 17 Jun 2005 03:00 EST