FDA NEWS

Tomatoes may be absolved - Traverse City Record-Eagle
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak -- or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested
Source: www.record-eagle.com

Akorn-Strides gets FDA OKs for famotidine injection - CNBC
BOSTON (Thomson Financial) - Akorn-Strides LLC, a joint venture of Akorn Inc. and Strides Arcolab Ltd., said Thursday it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its famotidine injection. The Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based therapeutic
Source: www.cnbc.com

Committee critical of FDA bonuses - Seattle Post Intelligencer
WASHINGTON -- A congressional review of bonuses paid to employees at the Food and Drug Administration showed many went to the highest-paid staff rather than to field inspectors. The chairman of the House committee that released the findings Thursday
Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com

FDA Incentive Pay Jumps To $35 Million in 2007 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration awarded employees more than $35 million in incentive pay for fiscal year 2007, a 29% jump from the previous year despite cries from Congress that the agency's bonuses to senior officials are
Source: online.wsj.com

Tomato 'repacking' vexes salmonella trackers - San Francisco Gate
A widespread practice of mixing tomatoes from different farms at produce distribution centers has made it impossible so far to trace the source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds, federal regulators said Friday. Dr. David
Source: www.sfgate.com

House committee criticizes FDA over bonuses - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON— A review of bonuses paid to employees at the Food and Drug Administration showed many went to the agency's highest-paid staff rather than to the inspectors in the field, according to a review by the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Source: www.boston.com

AspenBio Pharma Commences FDA Clinical Trial for AppyScore(TM - MSN MoneyCentral
AspenBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPY) an emerging bio-pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel drugs and diagnostics for humans and animals, has officially initiated a clinical trial to support the FDA 510(k) application for the
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

Committee critical of FDA bonuses - Forbes
A congressional review of bonuses paid to employees at the Food and Drug Administration showed many went to the highest-paid staff rather than to field inspectors. The chairman of the House committee that released the findings Thursday said some
Source: www.forbes.com

Cause of salmonella outbreak still not pinned down - Seattle Times
WASHINGTON — As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak — or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

Amgen osteoporosis drug could face FDA scrutiny - CNN Money
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Amgen's experimental osteoporosis drug denosumab could have difficulty gaining Food and Drug Administration approval in its initial try, due to a higher incidence of infections compared with placebo seen in some patients
Source: money.cnn.com