FDA Safety on Shakey Grounds

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Citizens stripped of protection
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - 1 hour ago
After the US Food and Drug Administration discovered unsanitary conditions at a plant producing flu vaccine for the US market, the agency refused to order a ...

How to Improve Drug Safety
Washington Post, DC - 4 hours ago
By William B. Schultz. It has been a tough three years for the Food and Drug Administration, which until recently was credited with ...

US drug safety system shaky, experts say
Miami Herald (subscription), FL - 5 hours ago
Recently, troubling news about several high-profile drugs has sapped confidence in the system charged with exposing dangerous medicines. BY JEFF DONN. ...

Drug safety system on 'very shaky ground'
Houston Chronicle, TX - 6 hours ago
By JEFF DONN. BOSTON - In a sharp pivot, many medical authorities are questioning the fundamental safety guarantees for US drugs, threatening ...

Safety of American Drugs Is Questioned
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 17 hours ago
BOSTON - In a sharp pivot, many medical authorities are questioning the fundamental safety guarantees for American drugs, threatening to dull the national ...

FDA is asleep at the pill
San Jose Mercury News (subscription), CA - Dec 1, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration should be embarrassed by its failure to adequately protect Americans from dangerous prescription drugs such as Vioxx. ...

Drug safety has its own side effects
Denver Post, CO - Nov 30, 2004
What you hear before taking prescription drugs versus what you learn afterward may make you feel like a lab rat. "

Merckreacts with Golden Parachute

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Corporate arrogance still rules, despite recent scandals
DetNews.com, MI - Nov 30, 2004
By Daniel Howes / The Detroit News. Free-market capitalists tired of the cliche that Big Business Bosses do what they do mostly to ...

DAILY DIGEST
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Nov 30, 2004
With its stock plunging and its ability to thrive as an independent company uncertain, the drug giant Merck has adopted a plan that would give 230 top ...

Merck approves severance plan to retain execs
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Nov 30, 2004
By Linda A. Johnson. TRENTON, NJ � Merck & Co. Inc. has adopted a new severance plan that offers some executives one-time payments ...

Merck OKs severance plan for execs
Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL - Nov 30, 2004
WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ -- Merck & Co., seeking to keep managers from leaving after the withdrawal of its Vioxx painkiller, has adopted a plan to give severance ...

Merck moves to retain key staff
Boston Globe, MA - Nov 29, 2004
By Associated Press | November 30, 2004. TRENTON, NJ -- Merck & Co. has adopted a severance plan that offers some executives one-time ...

Merck files new termination plan
CBS MarketWatch - Nov 29, 2004
BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Merck & Co. has adopted a new plan to compensate senior management in case of a corporate takeover, according ...

Merck adopts severance plan for execs
Arizona Republic, AZ - Nov 29, 2004
TRENTON, NJ - Merck & Co. Inc. has adopted a new severance plan that offers some executives one-time payments of up to triple their ...

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