FDA NEWS

Three prescriptions for lower drug costs - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
If you're one of the nearly 47 million Americans without health insurance, or if your plan offers only limited drug coverage or requires high copayments, you're probably feeling the pinch of rising costs for prescription drugs. From Consumer Reports
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FDA still awaiting OK to open China offices - BusinessWeek
Chinese bureaucracy is slowing U.S. efforts to increase safety monitoring of food and medicine destined for the United States, a top health official said Friday. The Food and Drug Administration wants to establish foreign offices in three Chinese
Source: www.businessweek.com

America's faux government - Boston Globe
I LOVE Hollywood sets of perfect streets that turn out to be nothing but fronts. It's so clever. Alas, I think that's what we're going to find when we open the doors of the White House in 2009. See, I've been wondering where all the money is coming
Source: www.boston.com

FDA wants more data on Wyeth osteoporosis drug - Boston Globe
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.— Wyeth said Friday that U.S. regulators have again denied approval of the drug maker's osteoporosis drug bazedoxifene requesting additional information on stroke and blood clot issues. The Food and Drug Administration issued Wyeth
Source: www.boston.com

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