Saundersblog.com - September 2007 Archives

September 2007

FDA Lax in Monitoring Drug Trials (14:55) - Clinical trials for new drugs receive scant FDA attention according to a recent report. In fact, the FDA only inspected one out of 100 trial sites. These issues affect the safety and efficacy of new drugs coming to the market.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Detroit Archdiocese Plans to Restructure, Avoiding Priest Abuse Lawsuits (16:01) - Cardinal Adam Maida, a conservative canon lawyer and Archbishop of Detroit has announced plans to make the Archdiocese's 288 parishes individual entities. The Archdiocese of Detroit, like all other archdioceses and dioceses in the United States, has been structured as... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

FDA Will Revamp Advisory Panels (16:50) - The FDA relies heavily upon advisory panels of scientists to make determinations concerning a drug's safety, its potential side effects and make prescription recommendations. However, these advisory panels have come under scrutiny and at times, criticism, for financial ties some... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Drug Ads Escape FDA Powers (13:25) - When Congress approved a bill that gives more oversight power to the FDA, one area of the debate escaped largely unscathed. Regulation of drug ads and the marketing tactics used by the pharmaceutical companies will not be tightened as a... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Food Trade Group Asks for More Federal Regulation to Stop Food Contamination (17:12) - The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the food industry's largest trade group, has called on the federal government to provide more regulation, supervision and control over imported food products. The unusual move comes as a result of the recent spate of food... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Boston Scientific Receives FDA Warning Regarding Stents (16:46) - Boston Scientific, a leading manufacturer of cardiac stents, has received a warning letter from the FDA regarding its failure to promptly disclose five deaths in clinical trials involving its device used to treat ruptured blood vessels in the abdomen. The... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

50% of Hospital Patients Prone to Pressure Sores (19:29) - A new study by Hill-Rom Company estimates that half of all acute-care hospital patients are at risk of developing pressure ulcers. The study finds fault with hospitals in that they are not doing enough to prevent the sores in the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
US Senate Seeks Public Disclosure of Gifts to Doctors (19:14) - In the wake of increased public scrutiny over the safety of medical devices and drugs, the US Senate is trying to make public any and all gifts made to doctors. The news is not popular with big pharma or the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments