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FDA Given New Muscle To Monitor Drugs

Senate bill requires continued scrutiny after approval

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted May 10, 2007 5:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Food and Drug Administration would be given sweeping new powers to order drug recalls, regulate advertising and mandate changes in labels under a bill passed by the Senate yesterday. The bill signals a fundamental shift in the FDA's role, the New York Times reports, requiring the agency to track drugs after, as well as before, approval.

The bill—prompted by the outcry over Vioxx, the FDA-approved painkiller that turned out to cause heart attacks—is expected to be signed into law. The only no vote came from Vermont independent Bernard Sanders, who says he is “extremely disappointed” the drug companies won their battle to prevent imports of cheaper drugs from Canada.

  (Associated Press)
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kokuaguy
Jun 14, 2009 5:26 AM CDT
No comments here so I'll use this to communicate with Deebles since I don't have a spacebar and .... anyone who stumbles on this can contact me if you're curious-- check my profile. Yes, I live in Hawaii deebles and I too stayed inside yesterday socializing with the newser crowd when I could (and I believed should) have been doing many other things. Today I have arranged to go to the Bishop with a lovely lady I met awhile back at a meeting of Noetic science people. She's only interested in being friends however and wants me to try meeting women on e-harmony-- which depresses me. I've been depressed since losing my significant other in a particularly cruel and unexpected way in 2006. It started a downward spiral that has left me in a very precarious position, which I could easily extricate myself from if I could find the motivation to get out of bed each day and just focus on helping the people all around me who need help-- I practiced law as one time but have been involved in teaching more recently. I'm 61 years old and expected my life to turn out far differently. But before I can start helping others first I have to figure out how to help myself. Reaching out to you was perhaps a way of doing that. I believe there's a benefit in having a stranger to share thoughts with who can offer any criticism and not feel required to hold back as one often does with friends and family. Or simply share perspectives and experiences. I think I'd have killed myself if I didn't have a son who is doing very well in college and who is making his was very successfully in life so far (both he and his high school sweet heart went from Honolulu to NYU and just finished their 3rd years and have recently arrived back in Hawaii for the summer. My son is spending the summer on Kauai with his Mom's family but I will get to see him next week here in Honolulu and the weekend of July 4th I will be visiting my crazy and wonderful brother on Kauai and I'll get to see John there. So, I'm very lucky to have this son and I feel very bad for your loss. If you want to share anything I hope you will feel free to do so. I'd love to hear a bit about what made your time on Maui so special. Perhaps you should try visiting the Islands again. An aunt of mine who lost her husband in early 2008 came to Hawaii in June last year and brought a friend with her and they stayed with me in the lovely apartment that I was living in at that time (just before I lost it.) They went around the Islands on the NCL ship and loved it. The cost was very reasonable. Well, that's enough for now. I felt wonderful when I saw this message this morning. You made my day !!!

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