Show m wl9 w rmw p r r rrryFPi'Ffyi i i - j I" NEW YORK (AP) — The government's system for approving drags has come under renewed scrutiny after a number of widely used medicines have been linked to deaths or approvals” said Dr Robert Temple FDA’s associate director for medial policy The FDA acknowledges there has been a spate of recalls but says that when viewed over the course yean the percentage of drags pulled from the market fans remained stable A spokesman for die drug industry agreed Since 1980 there have been 328 FDA officials insist their system works but they stress all the side effects of drags cannot be known until after a drag is approved and is severely restricted in the past three 'patients' yews This week alone the diabetes Typically (bugs are only tested on drug Rezulin and the heartburn drag about 3000 people before getting In the 1980s it usually took almost three years for the agency to approve a drag Today this average approval time is one year For drags the IDA deems breakthrough medicines it knocks the review time down to six ceutical Research and Manufacture! of America “The fret that only 2 percent hare been withdrawn-showtwo things: The benefits of marketed drugs outweighs die risks and die safety syss ral taken by tens of thousands of been pulled from the market or ones 12 or 2 There is ho truth to die idea that percent have been recalled because we are any easier on1 drug' of safety reasona said die Pharma- ating the industry” said Sidney of the Public Qtin Health Research Group and a frequent Critic of the agency and puts the drag industry’s interests ahead of patient safety As evidence they point to seven (bugs that have I approved Wolfe director Critics say the Food and Drug Administration doves too quickly Kfflfrm process Propulsid were added to the list ‘The FDA is acting in a reckless way to make sure they are not alien- '' serious illness Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday March 25 2000 — Pages Th® months The acceleration process was shepherded by commissioner David Kessler who now wonders about how fer it's gone “We have to be mindful that the pendulum has not swung too far” Kessler said Friday tem in place is working” said then-FD- A spokesman Jeff TrewhitL The FDA accelerated its drug review process during the 1990s after Congress complained it was taking too long to approve lifesaving medi- - -- : In' brief Gas prices Buie says annual interest must i be disclosed for ‘payday loans’ ‘ Bush win lead again WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve published a rule Friday to make clear that businesses offering “paydr loans” must disdoke to customers in writing the lores annual interest rates The short-tercash advances against borrowers’ often storefront lenders can carry triple- provided by paychecks digit interest rates on an annual basis With its new rule the Federal Reserve clarifies that payday loans are subject to terms of the Tnrth in Lending Act That means the lender must disclose in writing before a: transaction is completed the loan’s finance charge and its annual percentage rate The central bank’s staff attorneys previously considered to fall under the Truth in Lending Act but die new makes that interpretation official The rale took effect Friday but compliance is voluntary until Oct 1 so-call- ed v m high-inter- est WASHINGTON (AP) — George W Bush’s presidential campaign lost some steam during the fierce battle for the Republican presidential nomination says a new poll that suggests several issues could help him reclaim momentum pay-loa- ns Infant duct-tape- d - 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