FDA NEWS

Drug firms give millions to Vt. doctors - Brattleboro Reformer
BRATTLEBORO -- Pharmaceutical companies increased the amount of money given to doctors in the state last year, despite Vermont's law that requires disclosure of the gifts. Drug companies gave out more than $3 million in 2007 to Vermont physicians
Source: www.reformer.com

U.S. unites with Europe, Australia on drug inspections - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- Faced with the globalization of drug production, the United States is joining with Europe and Australia to inspect factories in countries such as China and India that make an increasing share of the active ingredients in medications
Source: www.latimes.com

Jalapeños now eyed in salmonella probe - Newsday
Jalapeño peppers and salmonella-tainted tomatoes may have been grown on the same farm or the two intermingled somewhere in produce-distribution channels on their way to consumers, federal health experts said yesterday as they attempted to explain
Source: www.newsday.com

US futures point to mild rise; techs fall in Europe - Reuters UK
* U.S. stock futures point to a modest recovery at the start of trade. September Dow Jones DJU8, Standard & Poor's and Nasdaq 100 futures are up between 0.2 and 0.3 percent by 0915 GMT. U.S. benchmark indexes .DJI .SPX .IXIC fell by more than 2
Source: uk.reuters.com

US Food Inspectors Made No Trips to China Last Year - CNS News
(CNSNews.com) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors made 13 visits to Fiji in 2007 for food inspections and no visits at all to China, according to a study released to Congress recently by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Fiji
Source: www.cnsnews.com

Congress on drug money - Times-Argus
On Monday, the American Association of Pediatrics promoted using anti-cholesterol statin drugs in children as young as 8 years of age, essentially turning them into guinea pigs for an experimental treatment. On Wednesday, the Senate reversed itself
Source: www.timesargus.com