Word: fda
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...Congress is breaking down the barrier. The House last week unanimously passed a bill, almost identical to one already adopted by the Senate, that will speed up approvals of generic drugs by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the past, companies wishing to sell generic versions of drugs marketed after 1962 had to submit detailed scientific studies to demonstrate the pills' safety and effectiveness, even though they were merely copies of medicines already being sold. Under the new law, firms need only show that their generic pills are the chemical equivalents of brand-name drugs and deliver...
There are drawbacks to such an enterprise, of course. The agency could, for example, prevent many technological advances from ever entering the market. Under similar circumstances, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s tight regulation of the drug industry has unquestionably reduced the number of new drugs that hit the market. Until 1974 the FDA had approved, only seven percent of the drugs it tested for marketing, crippling many potentially beneficial advances...
...benefits that accrue from having tight regulation over potentially dangerous technology or drugs far out-weigh the costs--simply by saving lives. The FDA's ban on pressurized aerosol mist in the 1960s significantly reduced the number of asthma deaths in the United States. A high tech regulatory agency would unquestionably produce similar benefits...
...drug works by interfering with the virus' reproductive process. When used as an ointment, however, it merely relieves the discomfort of an initial attack. The FDA is expected to approve the more potent oral form within a few months...
After careful inspection of all eight plants that produce Girl Scout cookies, the FDA concluded that whatever contamination might have occurred was not related to the manufacturing process. Each plant passes the sealed final product through metal detectors to ensure that no foreign objects have been lodged in the cookies. A federal product-tampering law was enacted after Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide killed seven Chicago-area people in 1982. The maximum penalty for violators is life imprisonment and a fine...