Word: fda
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...center of the cyclamate hassle was Dr. Jacqueline Verrett, a veteran FDA research scientist who, since 1966, has been testing cyclamate on chicken embryos. Of a total of 4,000 embryos injected, 15% have shown obvious deformities: feet attached directly to the hip, toes fused together, "flipper" legs, malformed spines and missing pelvises. An earlier FDA test had shown chromosome breakage in rats that were injected with cyclohexylamine, a metabolic product of cyclamate. Concluded Dr. Verrett, "I don't recommend cyclamate for chicks, and I don't recommend it for people." After discussing the results of her work...
...consider that the next species might be human. It's impossible to predict what the effects might be in other animal species, including man, but the fact that we do have a positive result indicates the need for further investigation of its effects." Dr. Verrett accused the FDA of dragging its feet, pointing out that her conclusions were very firm almost a year ago and that they had been communicated to higher officials. "Dr. Ley says that at this point in time, cyclamates are safe," she argued. "I say the safety of cyclamates has not been established scientifically...
...vast majority of women, the Pill is safe. That was the conclusion announced last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after an exhaustive threeyear, $200,000 study by 18 medical experts. The FDA thus confirmed what responsible doctors had been saying earlier (TIME, May 2) in an effort to put to rest the sensational press and television reports about the dangers of oral contraceptives...
...FDA's advisory committee on obstetrics and gynecology, which conducted the study, did not gloss over the harmful side effects of the Pill. The increased risk of blood-clotting disorders in the 8,500,000 U.S. women who use the Pill, it noted, was 4.4 times the normal risk for women who do not, as against the seven-to ninefold risk that has been suggested by British researchers. These disorders have proved fatal to three out of every 100,000 women using the Pill. The doctors warned, once more, that the Pill should be taken only under a doctor...
...cases in which FDA has taken decisive action, it has run into strong opposition. The agency is trying to remove from the market 1) a combination of two antibiotics, tetracycline and novobiocin, marketed by the Upjohn Co. as Panalba, and 2) a combination of tetracycline with an antifungal agent, sold as Mysteclin-F (E. R. Squibb & Sons), Declostatin (Lederle Laboratories) and Tetrastatin (J. B. Roerig division of Chas. Pfizer & Co. Inc.). Upjohn has already taken its case to the courts, and the other firms may do so as well. Both drugs are widely prescribed items, ringing up tens of millions...