Oversight
Ex-FDA official calls for harmonized food-safety strategy
Margaret Glavin says a more global market "poses an enormous threat to our food safety system."
Oversight
Lawmaker calls for vote on HHS nomination this week
Senators hope to get Gov. Kathleen Sebelius installed as secretary before they leave for the two-week spring recess.
Oversight
Sebelius becomes latest Obama nominee with tax trouble
HHS secretary-designate and her husband paid $7,040 in back taxes and $878 in interest for 2005, 2006 and 2007 after a certified public accountant found the errors.
Oversight
Drug industry is wary of Obama's pick for FDA deputy
Joshua Sharfstein has a long and sometimes contentious history with the pharmaceutical industry.
Oversight
Watchdog blasts FDA on loose test compliance policy
Group says lax oversight has been applied to critical medical devices including cardiac defibrillators, pacemakers, replacement heart valves and coronary artery stents.
News
After closed meeting, Dems close ranks behind Daschle
HHS secretary nominee continues to have support, despite tax problems.
Oversight
Confirmation hearing for HHS chief is on the horizon
Tax and real estate data collection for secretary-designate Tom Daschle has taken longer than anticipated.
Oversight
House Democrats prepare bill to overhaul FDA
Agency scientists say they were "ordered, intimidated and coerced" by managers to modify unfavorable determinations during Bush administration.
Oversight
Panel Democrats will probe charges from FDA scientists
Employees claim they were intimidated into changing scientific reviews and recommendations to obscure unscientific data and legal violations.
Oversight
Report points to delays on Medicare drug pricing audits
Reviews of 2006 pricing information remain incomplete.
Oversight
Agency beefs up Medicare fraud detection efforts
Officials announce the launch of a recovery audit contractor program that will track businesses with high billing.
Oversight
Ex-FDA lawyer denies industry guided agency priorities
Sheldon Bradshaw, former agency chief counsel, says House Oversight and Government Reform chairman is wrong about FDA preference for pharmaceutical industry.
Defense
Democrats: Medicare physician pay cuts could hurt Tricare
Tricare reimbursement rates are linked to those for Medicare, meaning the proposed 10.6 percent cut could affect service to soldiers and veterans.
Oversight
FDA won't meet deadline for food safety registry
Agency expects to implement electronic portal tracking tainted food incidents around spring 2009 at the earliest.
Oversight
CMS clears hurdles to collaborate with Food and Drug Administration on drugs
The two agencies will share access to a database containing comprehensive information about the safety and side effects of prescription drugs.
Oversight
Kennedy circulates options on strengthening FDA oversight
One of the Senate proposals includes giving agency the power to base its inspections on risk.
Oversight
FDA: Millions more needed for inspections
Agency wants $225 million annually to inspect foreign drugmakers every other year.
News
Watchdog group sues FDA for information on inspection force
Agency officials have complained that the agency needs more resources to expand inspection staff and modernize oversight efforts.
Oversight
FDA chief defends agency's work before House panel
Administrator says foreign-inspection system would not have prevented the recent heparin contamination.
Oversight
FDA commissioner: Unfunded provisions giving agency headache
A provision requiring a faster response to petitions regarding generic drug approval will pose problems.
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