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To: VLAD who wrote (21888)	5/11/1999 10:11:00 PM
From: OmertaSoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

This is interesting. Notice the last sentence, WOW!! FDA TO SCRUTINIZE DRUGS CLEARED UNDER ACCELERATED-REVIEW POLICY From Tribune News Services May 11, 1999 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amid criticism that its speedier reviews jeopardize patient safety, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it plans to increase its oversight of new drugs and devices after they enter the market. In an announcement issued at Rockville, Md., the agency also said it would improve analysis of information that FDA officials collect about patients' reactions to products. The measures follow an internal review ordered in December by FDA Commissioner Jane Henney. She asked a task force to examine how drug safety had changed since the agency began streamlining its reviews in 1990. Officials found that, despite a record number of new drug approvals in recent years, the percentage of recalls from the market had not changed significantly in 20 years. Between 1 percent and 3.5 percent of drugs have been recalled for safety reasons each year since 1979, the reviewers reported. "The number of adverse events is no greater, in fact is probably less, than what occurred when the system was quite slow," Henney said. Consumer groups have charged that five drug withdrawals in the past two years show that the agency gave the green light too soon in some cases. >>>One study estimated that about 100,000 people die each year from drug reactions.<<< Boy, I wonder if viagra is part of the problem?(g)