By Norma Erickson, President of SaneVax Inc. The first papillomavirus was discovered in the 1930’s by Dr. Richard E. Shope. It was the cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, or the Shope papillomavirus, which occurred in warts that frequently developed into cancerous tumors1. Dr. Shope was able to isolate the virus, inject it into other rabbits and produce […]
'Insider' Is Charged at FDA
By ALICIA MUNDY And BRENT KENDALL WASHINGTON—A longtime chemist at the Food and Drug Administration was charged Tuesday with insider trading by federal authorities, who alleged he made as much as $3.6 million trading drug company stocks based on confidential drug-approval information. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against Cheng Yi Liang, 57, […]
Insider-Trading Case Puts Focus on Key FDA System
By Alicia Mundy As Food and Drug Administration officials examine internal controls in the wake of insider-trading charges filed against a longtime employee, a primary challenge will be how to limit access to valuable information without clogging up the approval process. The computer database that chemist Cheng Yi Liang is accused of exploiting to make […]
Action against FDA officials for being lax
LUCKNOW: Three food and drug administration (FDA) officials were issued suspension notices on Saturday for negligence of duty. Besides, nearly 20 drug and food inspectors have been issued warning notifications to shape up or ship out. A senior UP government official said: “We have made it very clear that the government has adopted a no-tolerance […]
Warning: GARDASIL DEATH TOLL RISING
By Barbara Hollingsworth Documents from the Food & Drug Administration obtained by Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act indicate that Gardasil, a cervical cancer vaccine manufactured by Merck that FDA officials fast-tracked for approval in 2006, may not be not as safe as its industry and government backers assured the public it was. […]
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