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New Safety Program to Monitor Medicare Drug Use - FOX News
Federal health officials will begin monitoring prescription drug usage by millions of Medicare participants in an effort to identify potential safety problems. The Food and Drug Administration has been under increasing pressure to develop a
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Akorn-Strides LLC gets FDA OK for rifampin for injection USP - CNBC
NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Akorn-Strides LLC Friday said the Food and Drug Administration approved its abbreviated new drug application for rifampin for injection USP in a 600-milligram vial. Rifampin is a semi-synthetic antibiotic indicated for
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Research Update - MSN MoneyCentral
Novo Nordisk today announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US as well as a marketing authorisation application to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) in Europe, for the approval of
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FDA-Medicare system aimed at drug safety - Herald Tribune
The Food and Drug Administration and Medicare agreed on rules for using information from Medicare's giant claims databases to create a computerized early warning network for problems with medications and medical devices that come to light after they
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FDA, Medicare to form early-warning drug network - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- Two major government health agencies that have traditionally operated as self-contained bureaucratic fiefdoms announced a joint venture Thursday that promises to improve prescription drug safety for all Americans, while potentially
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Phase Forward Wins 2008 CODiE Award for Best Medical and Health - MSN MoneyCentral
Phase Forward PFWD , a leading provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, has been named by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) as the winner of the 2008 CODiE Award for Best Medical and Health
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FDA to keep closer eye on drug, device safety - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - 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 system would enable the Food and Drug
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UPDATE 1-US delays approval of Wyeth osteoporosis medicine - Reuters
NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have delayed approval of Wyeth's (WYE.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) experimental medicine for treating osteoporosis, requesting information about blood clots and stroke, the drug maker said on
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India's Strides Arcolab gets ANDA approval for rifampicin injection - Forbes
MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Indian pharmaceutical company Strides Arcolab Ltd. said it received abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its rifampicin injection, an anti-tubercular agent. In a
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