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...would like to express our concern regarding the extensive promotional program for The Encare Oval. The FDA report of May-July 1978, concludes that The Encare Oval has been "over-promoted." In reference to the several half-page advertisements appearing in The Crimson recently, we would like to focus attention on the following points...
...advertisement claims that "The Encare Oval was subjected to one of the most rigorous tests ever conducted." The FDA reports that it "is concerned that this survey was poorly assembled and consists largely of testimonial evidence. The agency considers promotion and labeling based on this data to be over-promotion...
...FDA removal of chloroform from cough medicines and toothpaste...
During the past two years, Wolfe has taken his cases directly to the top. In April 1977, he alerted HEW Secretary Joseph Califano to existing FDA records linking phenformin, a drug used by one-fifth of all diabetics taking oral medication, to bad reactions in 190 cases and 93 deaths. Califano responded by invoking the "imminent hazard" law, which had never before been used, and banned the substance. Only last month, following another letter from Wolfe, Califano issued a sweeping warning about the dangers of DES, a drug once given to pregnant women to help prevent miscarriages that has since...
...what he preaches: he gave up cigarettes eight years ago, and avoids saccharine-sweetened drinks and processed foods. Like Nader, he avoids the party circuit. Nevertheless, he has become an accepted part of the Washington scene, not so much a noisome pest as a comforting, if disquieting, presence. Even FDA Commissioner Kennedy says of his nemesis: "If we didn't have Wolfe around, our society would be poorer...