Show 4A Standard-Examine- r Nov 18 1989 Saturday National FDA asks more clout to punish generic drug firms WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration chief told Congress on Friday the agency needs more authority to punish generic drug companies that cheat on safety tests and misrepresent data to win product approvals FDA Commissioner Frank Young also gave a qualified endorsement to generic drugs saying the generics agency's investigation of the 30 provides “good assurances" about their overall safetop-selli- ty “Are the generic drugs on the market safe and effective? The answer appears to be a qualified yes our job is not done though and we will keep that qualification until we are done” Young told a House subcommittee He added: “Patients using generic drugs should continue using them” - Young testifying before the Energy and Commerce investigations subcommittee said he will work with lawmakers to beef up FDA’s ability to remove problem generics from the market quicker and to take stronger action against the companies that violate FDA rules He noted that problems have been found with certain manufacturers including several that switched their products for brand-nam- e drugs in tests required to win FDA approval' So far he said none of these cases nor instances Video world has gone to the dogs Entrepreneur offers entertainment of company executives attempting to bribe FDA employees have compromised the safety of any generic drugs that were sold to the public As a result of the FDA’s investigation generic drug companies have recalled a total of 83 drugs because of problems ranging from manufacturing deficiencies to cheating on safety tests In addition the FDA has started the lengthy process of withdrawing drug approvals for five generic drug makers The FDA began investigating after the subcommittee turned up evidence of fraud So far three former FDA employees have been convicted of receiving illegal gratuities and three generic drug manufacturing executives have been convicted on bribery charges The investigations by FDA the subcommittee and the US attorney’s office are continuing and more charges are expected The FDA does not have broad authority to recall drugs In most cases the agency relies on companies to comply with FDA requests for recalls Several subcommittee members brought up the possibility of giving FDA authority to bar future drug approvals from companies that are shown to have committed criminal acts to win previous approvals Asked if he felt FDA needed that autnorny Young said “I absolutely do” Lax security still plagues i some say jets WASHINGTON (AP) — )' for bored and housebound hounds MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A has produced a high-tec- h solution for canine owners who feel guilty leasing their pets at home alone — a ideotape to entertain dogged entrepreneur housebound hounds Adventure" “Doggie a te video for the o set is designed to stimulate not turn him into a couch canine Filmed from a pooch’s perspective the tape portrays a p romp through city streets parks and a barnyard teeming with animals Its creator hopes that dogs will sniff howl and slobber along The VCR still must be turned on by humans or activated by a timer Writing and producing a video geared for dogs just seemed natural to Harley Toberman a wet-nos- Fi-d- non-sto- still are endangering lives with lax aviation security relatives of the flight victims told a presidential commission Friday “The confidence of the public has been badly shaken and will not return until the truth is told and remedies are put into place” said Paul Hudson whose daughter was one of 270 people killed in the Dec 21 Minneapolis businessman who says his recently deceased dog Miss Piggy was responsible for The mongrel doesn't appear in the film but her bark is featured on the soundtrack “She's just been such a part of my life” Toberman said in an interview last week “I guess this tape we put together is basically the project a biography half-terri- er 1988 seven-memb- Associated Press Harley and Kim Toberman show their new video to Simba a friend's dog Toberman filmed the scene with his portable camera “Every time she saw that tape she’d start barking furious- ly” he said Guilt also played a role in the WASHINGTON (AP) — An expected Justice Department recommendation for keeping gun stores from selling weapons to convicted felons suggests a program of instantaneous background checks that could cost up to $27 billion to begin congressional sources said Friday The recommendation due to be released Monday does not call for any immediate implementation “because-olack of funds and lack of computerization” of all the criminal records one f source said The computerization of complete information including final dispensation of charges that often are not included in law enforce-me- nt now computer ' used “will cost tens of millions of dollars and will delay this for several years” said that source systems Ethics panel seeks senator’s response WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate ethics committee has asked Sen Alfonse D’Amato to respond to a complaint by a former campaign rival but has not told him of any move to a higher d level of investigation into a D’Amato allegations spokesman said Friday “This office hasn’t been notified that there is a case as you say” said spokesman Frank ColeHUD-rclate- man Published reports Thursday said the committee had decided to hire Washington attorney Robert S Bennett as an outside counsel to investigate the D’Amato case and a separate case concerning the involvement of five senators with the chairman of a failing savings and loan Man who punched his defender is convicted TAMPA Fla (AP) — A man who punched his public defender in the face as a jury looked on has been convicted of the charges that brought him to court in the first place Isaih Johnson Grady’s blow left Assistant Public Defender John Benito crumpled on the floor Wednesday Bailiffs quickly subdued Grady Benito was taken to a hospital where he received several stitches near his eye Grady 31 was found guilty Thursday on all seven counts against him — rape robbery burglary and two counts each of kidnapping and aggravated assault in a May 19 attack on a woman President pardons Thanksgiving guest WASHINGTON (AP) — PresBush has formally proclaimed next Thursday as Thanksgiving then bestowed a “presidential pardon” on a noisy turkey at an annual White House ceremony “Come on this is serious stuff” Bush said as the squawking turkey several times interrupted his Rose Garden speech marking the 200th anniversary of Thanksgiving proclamations “This annual observance of Thanksgiving was a cherished American tradition even before our first president George Washington issued the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation in 1798" said Bush’s proclamation ident 'WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force' is defending its purfacchase of 173 custom-mad- e simile machines under contracts that amount to $73 million contending Friday they are “not your normal fax” and are designed to withstand the dirt havoc and extremes of battlefield duty The service was inundated with queries about the machines after a published report said they cost the Air Force $421000 apiece a figure computed by dividing the $73 million cost by 173 Air Force spokesman Maj Lou Figueroa disputed the figure say- ing the service was paying $76000 for each unit He said the machines were being purchased from Litton Industries under a contract for $33 million and that an additional contract for some $40 million covers “a very extensive list” of er radio-casset- your heart” Filmed on location in Minneapolis and Hinckley Minn — during the dog days of August natch — the tape cost about $15000 to produce te “We won’t let you down” Commission Chairwoman Ann McLaughlin told relatives of Americans who died in the crash The former labor secretary said the commission would evaluate aviation security the handling of terrorist threats against air travel and whether the public should be told of them and the government’s treatment of terrorists’ victims “We will let the chips fall where they may” McLaughlin said The commission is to make recommendations to President Bush in May The panel which has a $1 million budget for six months includes four members of Congress and two prominent military men The panel also is considering Force says this mode is ‘not your normal fax’ machine diagnostic equipment laser assemblies and other items such as power supplies training for use of the units and the paper — which costs $100 a roll Figueroa said the 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