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FDA advisers urge closer scrutiny of pelvic mesh

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 09/08/2011 - 16:59

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trouble-prone medical products widely used to surgically repair women's pelvic problems need more stringent tests for safety and effectiveness, government advisers recommended Thursday....


 

FDA Advisers Would End Asthma Indications for Two Long-Acting Be...

MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology  Thu, 12/11/2008 - 15:06

ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) -- Advisers to the FDA voted today to recommend to the agency that two single-agent long-acting beta2 agonist inhalers be stripped of their asthma indications.


 

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Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 12/11/2008 - 14:04

WASHINGTON (AP) -- FDA advisers recommend that drugs Serevent and Foradil no longer be used for asthma....


 

FDA Advisers Consider Safety of Long-Acting Beta Agonist Inhaler...

MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology  Wed, 12/10/2008 - 21:38

ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) -- A panel of FDA advisers reviewing the safety of long-acting beta agonist inhalers heard calls today from two agency staffers to ban the use of the drugs in children.


 

FDA Advisers Denounce Agency's Decision on BPA Safety

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 10/29/2008 - 17:22

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A panel of independent FDA science advisers has characterized as inadequate the evidence the agency used last month to determine that the common chemical bisphenol A is safe to use in food packaging.


 

FDA Advisers Call for Cardiovascular-Safety Assessment of New Di...

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 07/03/2008 - 10:37

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Type 2 diabetes drugs aiming to pass FDA muster should be required to consider long-term cardiovascular safety as part of the approval mix, according to agency advisers.