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Last month, the FDA requested that doctors and manufacturers participate in a voluntary moratorium, halting the use and distribution of silicone implants until further notice...
...resulting furor rattled the FDA like no scandal since the thalidomide scare of the early 1960s. Following Anderson's appeal, the agency declared a moratorium on all silicone-gel implants, pending further review. "It's the ultimate case as to why you need a strong agency," says FDA Commissioner David Kessler. Now, says Kessler, "the honor system is out the window." He promises that companies will be subject to intensive audits in which investigators will scrutinize how data are analyzed and presented by the manufacturers. Says he: "People have to know that we have the will and resolve to deal...
Czech and Slovak Ministers of Privatizationhave already put a 10-day moratorium on couponsales in an effort to prevent speculators fromfurther depleting coupon stores, according toJezek...
...their woes. Critics of last week's FDA ruling, including many doctors, contend that the agency may have needlessly raised women's fears before convincing evidence was in. Cole feels that despite the court order, Kessler should have released the new information to the medical community before calling the moratorium. "We're getting hundreds of calls from women who want to know what this new information is, what it means," he said, adding that some women may avoid getting suspicious breast lumps checked for fear that there are no viable options for reconstruction...