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Regarding the Tylenol tragedy [Oct. 111, FDA Deputy Commissioner Mark Novitch says there is no way to protect the public from having drugs tampered with. What happened to the sealed container? Liquor bottles are covered with a paper tape. If it's broken...
...would encourage a new, over-the-counter terrorism that could be aimed at companies or random individuals. Already this year, someone tampered with eyedrops and nasal sprays sold in Los Angeles; at least ten people suffered burns, but no one died. The frightening truth, says FDA Deputy Commissioner Mark Novitch, is that there is no way to protect the public from people who do such things. - By Susan Tifft...
Over 100 of the cards were returned to Novitch, However, the responses posed several problems in the evaluation of comparative prices...
...Mark Novitch, assistant physician to the UHS, who headed the investigation, said, "My firm impression is that there are variabilities, but not gross inequities in the cost of drugs in and out of the Square." He based his opinion on raw data gathered last spring which he has submitted for statistical analysis. A conclusive report, he said, should be ready within the week...
...study had been continued. Novitch said that it would have been limited to a selected list of drugs and to a specified dosage in order to simplify the statistical evaluation