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BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 John Carey	Drug Ads Need Stronger Medicine New FDA guidelines may not go far enough in making sure pharmaceutical ads are used appropriately.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2011	Off-Label But On Point? Use of off-label drugs is a balancing act for physicians, and poses even more problems for pharma. The FDA is moving slowly to help.
Reason April 2001 Ronald Bailey	Goddamn the Pusher Man Why does everybody seem to hate the pharmaceutical industry?
Reason October 2007 Ronald Bailey	Is Industry-Funded Science Killing You? The overrated risks and underrated benefits of pharmaceutical research "conflicts of interest."
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Carol Marie Cropper	The Inside Dope on Drugs Watchdog Web sites can tip you off to concerns that may not be on the label. Still, before you hit the Net, start with your doctor. And don't overlook the FDA's home page.
CIO March 15, 2006 Allan Holmes	Rx for Risk As it revamps its workflow processes, the FDA is relying on technology to reduce the risk that unsafe substances will get into the market.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2008 Brian Lawler	Blockbuster Drugs Bound for Extinction? One of the biggest classes of prescription drugs, those for diabetes treatments, faces tougher FDA standards.
American Family Physician December 1, 2000 William M. Rados	Online Information for Health Care Professionals The home page of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has undergone a major revision. The agency's Web site, which includes more than 100,000 documents, is now easier to search and covers the full scope of the FDA's activities...
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Carey & Barrett	Lessons From The Vioxx Fiasco What drugmakers, the FDA, doctors, and patients need to do.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2007 Kevin A. Schulman	Kid Tested, Government Approved? Critics claim pharma is too richly rewarded for studying drugs in children. Now, several legislative proposals are on the table that just might change that.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler	Pharma's Unlikely Best Friend Sidney Wolfe has been a thorn in the side of pharma and the FDA for almost 40 years, but is also a widely respected and highly vocal critic of industry practices and products, and a visible influence on regulatory policies.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2012 Ron Cohen	FDA's Necessary Dose of Reality There's no fast-acting salve, but there are several steps that can be taken to streamline many of the procedures at FDA. And it begins with leadership.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Mike Havrilla	A Weaker Amgen Amgen's stock is trading lower after an FDA panel balked at two anemia drugs.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Brian Orelli	Fewer Drug Approvals? Buy! Stricter standards at the FDA could create a buying opportunity. Drug approvals are down one third this year, creating a lot of value in pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Just choose your medicines carefully.
Salon.com May 23, 2002 Lawrence H. Diller	A prescription for disaster The failure to test the effects in children of routinely prescribed drugs has resulted in at least one death. How many kids will die before drug companies take steps to ensure their safety?
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2008 Jeffrey S. Aronin	The Orphan Opportunity The Orphan Drug Act was passed 25 years ago. But the challenge of actually getting rare disease drugs and therapies to patients still remains
The Motley Fool September 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	FDA's Eye on 2 Potential Blockbusters This week, FDA advisory panels will consider the marketing approval applications of Exubera, the inhaled insulin from Pfizer/Sanofi/Nektar, and Pargluva, the dual PPAR agonist, taken in pill form, from Bristol-Myers and Merck. Investors, take note.
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Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2006 Kenneth I. Kaitin	Opinion: Memo to von Eschenbach FDA's acting commissioner has an opportunity to clarify a lot of misconceptions about the agency's role in regulating drug safety. His first order of business should be to explain exactly what FDA doesn't do.
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Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Madison, Chan & Seeger	Making the Link The FDA recognizes that a new drug standard must evolve -- one of routine, proactive safety surveillance. But post-marketing safety studies are too slow. Here's how pharmaceuticals are using claims databases to solve the problem.
Managed Care November 2004 Martin Sipkoff	OTC Status for Low-Dose Lovastatin Would Have Widespread Implications The FDA stands poised to approve OTC low-dose statins, following a similar change in United Kingdom.
BusinessWeek January 21, 2010 John Carey	Making Personalized Medicine Pay Medco and other pharmacy benefit managers say future profits depend on matching drugs to patients based on their genes.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Anatomy Of An Approved Drug An independent audit by the FDA provides a useful summary of the characteristics of drugs approved by the agency.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Arlene Weintraub	Drawing A Bead On Side Effects Drug makers are figuring out ways to make some old remedies such as Propulsid safer.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Clinton & Wechsler	The View From Inside Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach on drug safety, DTC advertising, FDA's culture, and how the agency plans to bring itself into the age of molecular medicine.
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Michelle Cortez	Karo Bio's Prescription: Cheaper Drug Approval A Swedish company seeks a lower-cost review for its cholesterol drug.
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Pharmaceutical Executive July 3, 2007 Louis A. Morris	Culture Shock The withdrawal of Vioxx signaled a sea change. Welcome to the Culture of Drug Safety. The FDA is making changes in the way it reviews drug safety. Post-marketing staff has been enlarged 25%, and new, tougher laws are on the way.
Reason April 2004 Todd Seavey	Regulation for Dummies A book about the FDA.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Stephen Albainy-Jenei	Is Off-Label Off-Base? Off-label prescriptions for uses lacking scientific support account for billions in drug revenue for Eli Lilly. If the FDA takes an aggressive stance on off-label-use marketing, it could significantly shrink drug sales for companies whose revenues are derived largely from such off-label use.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 30, 2007 Louis A. Morris	Safety Net The new Culture of Drug Safety means embracing the benefit of no doubt about a product's pluses and its minuses. Pharma must learn how patients and prescribers weigh risks and how to spread the word about the advantages.
Chemistry World March 12, 2013 Anthony King	Googling for new drug side effects Previously unknown prescription drug side effects have been revealed by the searches people do online.
Information Today November 19, 2007	Thomson Healthcare Launches PDRhealth.com as Free Consumer Site The new PDRhealth.com is designed to put critical health information into the hands of consumers.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Cross-Agency Collaboration for Part D Medicare Part D gives CMS more clout over coverage, pricing, and even drug development.
Salon.com May 16, 2001 Janelle Brown	The poison pill The media, the government and the drug companies: They're all to blame for the fen-phen debacle, says "Dispensing With the Truth" author Alicia Mundy...
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Managed Care April 2004 John Carroll	$50M for Drug Comparisons Could Produce Valuable Results The Medicare amendment adopted late last year contains a provision that could help P&T committees, not to mention consumers, evaluate competing drugs.