One year after launch, drug safety board is dubbed a failure

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A new drug safety board at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is failing in its declared goal of increasing openness and transparency at the agency. The drug safety board has 15 voting members, 13 of whom are senior scientific managers at the FDA, while the other 2 are staff physicians at the National Institutes of Health and Department of Veteran Affairs.

Management dynamics, Management, Company business management, Disclosure of information, United States. Food and Drug Administration. Drug Safety Oversight Board

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US senate votes to ban pesticide tests on humans

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The United States Senate voted for a one-year moratorium on the conduct and use of studies that expose participants to pesticides. Under this moratorium, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would be prohibited from conducting human exposure tests or using data from tests conducted by third parties in its pesticide risk assessments.

Product information, Legislative Bodies, Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing, Pesticides & Other Ag Chemicals, Agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Pesticide Preparations, US Senate, Predator Control Products, Predator Poisons, Health aspects, Testing, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, United States. Congress. Senate, Pesticides

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New law gives FDA more influence to monitor drug safety

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The article discusses a new law that provides expanded powers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for monitoring the safety of drugs produced by different pharmaceutical companies

Powers and duties, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Drug approval

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