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        <title>Margaret Hamburg</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pikesville man who received tainted steroid joins push for drug oversight reform]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-11-14 16:05:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[&mdash; Pikesville resident Gerald Cohen was an active 71-year-old retiree, filling his free time with gardening, volunteering and enjoying the company of his grandchildren despite persistent back pain &mdash; until he sought relief for it.

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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. House panel questions resignation of top FDA official]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-13 19:19:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[By Toni Clarke

May 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel is
investigating the circumstances surrounding the resignation from
the Food and Drug Administration of its acting deputy
commissioner for medical products and tobacco.

In a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[REUTERS SUMMIT-Faster drug approvals a tonic for pharma industry]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-08 11:51:04</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13)

By Ben Hirschler

NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - A pickup in new drug approvals,
the promise of faster regulatory decisions and more targeted
medicines have...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[REUTERS SUMMIT-Drugmakers split as demands for open data mount]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-08 07:17:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13)

* Growing demands for transparency of clinical trial data

* Wider disclosure by EU regulator angers drugmakers

* GlaxoSmithKline sets up online system for data...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[REUTERS SUMMIT-US budget cuts hit healthcare from flu watch to hospitals]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-07 13:53:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13)

* CDC chief worries as potential flu pandemic looms

* FDA sees long-term consequences in recruitment, future
leadership

* Tenet takes a $50 million hit,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Judge criticizes FDA move on Plan B, agency warns of precedent]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-07 16:40:03</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[By Jessica Dye and Toni Clarke

NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) - A federal judge criticized the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its refusal to make
emergency contraception available to girls of all ages without a
prescription, saying the agency's move...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FDA approves Plan B for girls as young as 15]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-01 06:06:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive to be sold without a prescription to girls as young as 15 years of age.

The announcement partially reverses a December 2011...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plan B can be sold to 15-year-olds without prescription, FDA says]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-30 17:22:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has approved the sale of the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B One-Step, without a prescription for females ages 15 and older. 

The action comes roughly three weeks after a federal...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-29 18:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Trail mix. Potato chips. And now gum. 

With a growing number of foods boasting added caffeine for an energy boost, the Food and Drug Administration says it's time to investigate their safety. 

The FDA's new look at added caffeine...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FDA chief vows to get 'aggressive' with compounding pharmacies]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-16 20:04:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Agency endured heavy criticism Tuesday as House members accused the agency of failing to act on complaints against the New England Compounding Center, the Massachusetts firm linked to an outbreak of deadly meningitis....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Battle over 'biosimilars']]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[One of the most promising frontiers in healthcare is biologic medicines &mdash; complex substances derived from living cells that can help fight chronic diseases and cancers. To encourage investment in biologics, Congress in 2010 gave drug companies...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-12 12:56:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines. 

Writing a new menu labeling law "has gotten extremely thorny," says the head of the Food and...]]></description>
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