FDA Approvals - FDA Approves Generic Cholesterol and Leg Pain Drugs (Senior Journal)
FDA Approves Generic Cholesterol and Leg Pain Drugs (Senior Journal)
April 25, 2006 Numerous studies have shown senior citizens can save tremendous amounts of money by using generic drugs, even in the Medicare prescription drug program. The Food and Drug Administration today announced approvals for two generics that will be of interest to many older people. The first, Pravastatin, is a generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug Pravachol. The second,
Study assesses relationship between conflicts of interest and voting patterns at FDA meetings (EurekAlert!)
Disclosures of conflicts of interest at Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug advisory committee meetings are common, often of considerable financial value, and rarely result in the recusal of advisory committee members, but excluding those with conflicts would not have altered the overall vote outcome at any meeting, according to a study published in the April 26 issue of JAMA.