Healthy Skepticism Library item: 5398

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Publication type: media release

Food and Drug Administration 100th Anniversary: How Much Safer Are We Today? No Celebrating for Victims Who Took Prescription Drugs with Hidden Safety Info
Consumers Union Prescription for Change 2006 Jun 27

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MEDIA ADVISORY
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Food and Drug Administration 100th Anniversary:
How Much Safer Are We Today?
No Celebrating for Victims Who Took Prescription Drugs with Hidden Safety Info
(Washington, DC) – As the Food and Drug Administration celebrates its 100th
anniversary this week, consumers still find themselves at risk from dangerous medicines
that the FDA was created a century ago to protect them from.
Families who recently lost loved ones to some of these prescription drugs will be on
Capitol Hill Thursday to ask why Congress hasn’t held hearings on bills that would
dramatically improve our nation’s drug safety laws and stop the drug industry from
hiding important safety information.
Who: Families of victims of unsafe prescription medications; Rosa DeLauro
(CT), Jim Ramstad (MN), Reps. Maurice Hinchey (NY) , John F.
Tierney (MA)
Why: To urge Congress to pass stalled drug safety measures:
• Public drug trial registry
• Post-market safety monitoring and enforcement
• Limiting new drug advertising and marketing
When: 12:30 – 1 p.m., Thursday, June 29, 2006
Room 121, Cannon House Office Building
Contact: Susan Herold, Bill Vaughan, Consumers Union, 202-462-6262