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Obama orders FDA to help ease drug shortages

By doris | Published: October 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, action he says will help stop a “slow-rolling problem” that puts patients at risk and raises the potential for price gouging. Obama signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Monday [...]

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House Slashes Spending for Food Safety, Nutrition Programs

By doris | Published: June 18, 2011

Full Story at blogs.abcnews.com House Republicans narrowly passed a bill that makes significant cuts across the Department of Agriculture and related agencies that is being chided by Democrats for making steep cuts to food safety and child nutrition programs. The measure narrowly passed on a vote of 217-203 Thursday, with 19 Republicans joining all House [...]

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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Is the FDA a broken agency?

By doris | Published: March 4, 2009

Full Story At  news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Every few months, the Food and Drug Administration goes into fire-brigade mode, rushing to get control over another safety crisis. Tainted peanuts. Unsterilized syringes. Salmonella in Mexican chili peppers. A contaminated blood thinner from China that sent patients into life-threatening shock. Some say the FDA is broken. “Bet yourself [...]

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