The Adequacy of FDA to Assure the Safety of the Nation's Drug Supply: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, February 13, March 22, 2007, Volume 4

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Page 215 - The right of persons employed in the civil service of the United States, either individually or collectively, to petition 'Congress, or any Member thereof, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to any committee or member thereof, shall not be denied or interfered with.
Page 81 - ... a substantial scientific issue essential to determining the safety or effectiveness of the drug has been identified after the testing has begun.
Page 80 - If the intent of the trial is to show similarity of the test and control drugs, the report of the study should assess the ability of the study to have detected a difference between treatments. Similarity of test drug and active control can mean either that both drugs were effective or that neither was effective. The analysis of the study should explain why the drugs should be considered effective in the study, for example, by reference to results in previous placebo-controlled studies of the active...
Page 245 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my prepared remarks. I would be happy to respond to any questions you or other members of the Subcommittee may have at this time.
Page 270 - All of our work was conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. In summary, we found that...
Page 123 - We are of opinion that the power of inquiry — with process to enforce it — is an essential and appropriate auxiliary to the legislative function.
Page 123 - That a committee be appointed to inquire into the causes of the failure of the late expedition under Major General St. Clair; and that the said Committee be empowered to call for such persons, papers, and records, as may be necessary to assist their inquiries.
Page 1 - PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. BART STUPAK, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN Thank you Mr.
Page 29 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee. Good morning. My name is John Powers.
Page 304 - Drugs Advisory Committee and the Pediatric Subcommittee of the Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee that was held to discuss reports of suicidal thoughts and actions in children with major depressive disorder for various antidepressant drugs. OND believed that the ODS staff member's analysis, which showed a relationship between the use of antidepressants and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, was too preliminary to be presented in detail.

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