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Would Americans prefer ketchup to be thicker? If the majority say yes, the FDA's ketchup standards will be adjusted to mandate a thicker consistency for the condiment. Cries of thanks will no doubt be heard across the nation...
...bribery. Roche, for example, paid doctors $1,200 to prescribe a new antibiotic to 20 hospital patients in exchange for minimal information on the results of the therapy. Another company offered free mileage on American Airlines for using Inderal LA, a hypertension drug. Last week the recently appointed FDA commissioner, Dr. David Kessler, told the committee that regulating drug promotion would be a top priority in the coming year...
...breast and can be a poor match for an older patient. They can also make the breast feel hard, interfere with mammography and, on occasion, rupture, causing inflammation if silicone has been used. This spring, as a result of pressure from patient-advocacy groups and members of Congress, the FDA will require implant manufacturers to provide proof of the safety of their products. Still, many surgeons say the risks have been exaggerated...
...FDA will make the review of the trial dataa top priority when Bristol Myers files forapproval of ddl, said FDA spokesperson Brad W.Stone...
Professor of Medicine Martin S. Hirsch, thedirector of the Harvard AIDS Clinical Trial Unitwhere the ddl research is performed, said theclinical trials are moving along as quickly aspossible, and ACT UP's protest should be directedat Bristol Myers and the FDA, not Harvard...