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FDA Approvals: Taclonex Scalp, Abilify, Levaquin CME - Medscape News
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FDA to Get Access to Medicare Part D Data - WebMD
May 22, 2008 -- The FDA will soon start monitoring massive amounts of Medicare’s medical records in an effort to more closely monitor drug safety under new rules set by the Bush administration, federal officials said Thursday. The new rules will
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FDA unveils plan for drug, device safety tracking - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Thursday announced plans for a new computer tracking system designed to help officials identify dangers from prescription drugs and medical devices after they reach the market. The proposal would enable
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U.S. health officials get tools to monitor drug safety - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials will use new regulatory authority to monitor prescription drug usage by millions Medicare participants for potential safety problems with medicines and medical devices. The Food and Drug Administration has been
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Medicare Data to Be Used to Monitor Drug Side Effects (Update3) - Bloomberg
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators said they will use patient information from Medicare and other sources to monitor harmful side effects of drugs and medical devices and more quickly detect dangers once products are on the market. The Food and
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FDA unveils plan to monitor drug safety - MSNBC
Federal health officials are getting new authority to mine prescription drug usage by millions of participants in the Medicare drug program to look for safety problems with medicines and medical devices after they hit the market. The Food and Drug
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U.S. unveils plan for drug, device safety tracking - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Thursday announced plans for a new computer tracking system designed to help them identify dangers from prescription drugs and medical devices already on the market. The U.S. Food and Drug
Source: www.reuters.com

eHealth Initiative's Drug Safety Collaboration to Partner With FDA on - PR Newswire
eHI's multi-stakeholder "Connecting Communities for Drug Safety Collaboration" conducting drug safety pilots to test and evaluate use of electronic health information to support post-market monitoring efforts WASHINGTON , May 22 /PRNewswire
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New Efforts to Help Improve Medical Products for Patient Safety and - Forbes
WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced efforts underway at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that will complement each other to improve
Source: www.forbes.com

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