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28 Dec 2011, 7:10 am by Schachtman
Indeed, Brownlee sent FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg a list of allegedly neutral experts who could advise the agency. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 2:30 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
 On this basis, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg decided to make Plan-B One Step available without a prescription to all women of child-bearing potential. [read post]
Margaret Hamburg “reviewed and thoroughly considered the data, clinical information, and analysis provided by CDER,” and agreed that “there is adequate and reasonable, well-supported, and science-based evidence that Plan B One-Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use for all females of child-bearing potential. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 6:46 am by Lovechilde
Margaret Hamburg, head of the FDA and author of the statement, "and I agree with the Center that there is adequate and reasonable, well-supported, and science-based evidence that Plan B One-Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use for all females of child-bearing potential. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
Chellie Pingree (D-ME) wrote to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg questioning the agency's enforcement actions against raw milk producers who have distributed their dairy products across state lines.Pingree said she believed the FDA's statement on individuals who purchase and transport is a "step in the right direction" but she "continues to have concerns about some of the practices of the FDA. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
 In a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Harkin urged the agency to "act swiftly to set limits for total arsenic and lead in fruit juice," enhance surveillance of imported juices and take regulatory action to ensure that contaminated juice doesn't reach consumers.Consumer Reports and Dr. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 7:51 pm by FDABlog HPM
FDA-2010-N-06211) on the topic, FDA, on November 18th, announced FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg’s decision to withdraw the approval. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 12:10 pm by Mark Zamora
Margaret Hamburg said today.The additional studies, carried out by Avastin maker Genentech, found only a small effect on tumor growth and no evidence that patients lived longer than they would taking standard chemotherapy. [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
Margaret Hamburg also lauded the agreement, noting that stakeholders had made "great progress" since memorandum on food safety was signed at APEC meetings in Big Sky, Montana in May 2011. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
Margaret Hamburg had to say about releasing retail distribution information in her introductory statement during a media teleconference on September 28, 2011:"[C]onsumers can inquire of their retailers where cantaloupe came from, and retailers are prepared to provide that information if they are not already providing it to you in their stores. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 2:59 am
"In opening the briefing on the "root cause" report, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg praised the cooperative effort among state and federal agencies that enabled officials to quickly trace the outbreak strains to the single Colorado cantaloupe farm. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Annie Chou
   The Senate bill follows recent reported statements of FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg that, because of difficulties finding qualified experts, the FDA was considering loosening its conflict-of-interest rules. [read post]
16 Oct 2011, 2:59 am
Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the U.S. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 4:25 pm by admin
FDA Commissioner Pulls Drug Approval On November 18, 2011, FDA Commissioner Margaret A. [read post]
8 Oct 2011, 1:16 pm by Susan Schneider
 Speakers included USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Director of the CDC, Thomas Frieden, Former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman, Chef Jose Andres, and many others. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 2:59 am
Food and Drug Commissioner Margaret Hamburg emphasized the stark budget challenge facing the agency, which is charged with overseeing 80 percent of the food supply, in a speech before a food policy audience in Washington, DC Tuesday.The FDA's hundred-year-old "promise" to protect public health "speaks to government's most basic function:  to safeguard the well being and the welfare of all of its citizens," said Hamburg. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 2:59 am
"It's the very first time we've seen listeria contamination in whole cantaloupes,"  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Tuesday. [read post]