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| | USATODAY.com - Report questions FDA's safety procedures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The report was requested in late 2004 by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. |
 | | Concerns about how the FDA handled high-profile drug safety cases — two were Vioxx, the painkiller linked to heart attacks and strokes, and antidepressants, linked to suicidal behavior in children — spurred the request. |
 | | The agency sometimes asks for such studies as a condition of approval, but from 1991 to 2003, only a quarter were completed, the report said. |
| www.usatoday.com /news/health/2006-04-23-fda-safety_x.htm (553 words) |
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