October 11, 2006 - MARKEY SLAMS FDA INACTION ON UNAPPROVED DRUGS ON MARKET
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey released the following statement on the recent reports that more unapproved drugs are on the market and the FDA is taking little action to take them off the market or punish those companies who are skirting the laws and regulations to get drugs on the market. Rep. Markey will also be sending a letter today to the FDA asking more questions about this serious issue.
July 12, 2006 - MARKEY URGES FDA TO ABIDE BY HHS IG RECOMMENDATIONS ON POSTMARKETING STUDIES FOR NEW DRUGS
Washington, D.C. -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter today to the FDA Commissioner urging him to immediately implement recommendations by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General on studies of new drugs that have already been introduced into the marketplace, known as postmarketing studies.
July 6, 2006 - MARKEY URGES FDA TO ENSURE FLU VACCINE AVAILABILITY FOR UPCOMING FLU SEASON IN LIGHT OF PROBLEMS AT SANOFI-PASTEUR PLANT
Washington, DC -- Today Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explain the flu vaccine manufacturing problems at a major domestic producer of flu vaccine, Sanofi-Pasteur. Rep. Markey sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D. pushing him to ensure that the nation’s supply of flu vaccine going into the fall flu season is adequate and will not be affected by a possible shut down of the Sanofi-Pasteur plant. Rep. Markey is also recommending that the FDA, if they haven’t done it already, make sure that the other flu vaccine-producing companies can ramp up production if Sanofi-Pasteur cannot make safe vaccines this season. Sanofi-Pasteur has said it plans to make about 50 million doses of the vaccine this season, approximately one half of the entire U.S. supply.
June 8, 2006 - Rep. Markey calls on FDA to stop carbon monoxide treatment of meats
As Summer BBQ Season Heats Up, Democrats Call on State Health Officials to Stop Carbon Monoxide Treatments of Meat and Fish
Inaction by the Food and Drug Administration Forces State Health Authorities to Better Protect Consumers from Potentially Spoiled Meat and Fish
Washington, D.C. - Senior Democrats of the Committee on Energy and Commerce sent letters today to health officials in every state urging them to use their authority to prevent the sale of meat and fish products treated with carbon monoxide or at least ensure that labeling for such products include a very clear and protective “use or freeze by” date.
Carbon monoxide is used to alter the color of meat and fish to make those substances appear edible beyond the time when they decompose sufficiently to be contaminated by one or more dangerous toxins.
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