The FDA Gets An ‘F’ In New Poll
7 CommentsBy Ed Silverman // April 15th, 2007 // 5:00 pm
On the eve of PDUFA hearings this week in the Senate and the House, a new poll shows that nine out of 10 Americans want safety reforms and more than 60 percent agree that the FDA and Congress have failed to adequately protect consumers from harmful prescription drugs.
“The message we’re hearing from consumers couldn’t be clearer - they want strong laws to ensure our prescription drugs are as safe and effective as possible,” says Jim Guest, ceo of Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports. The magazine surveyed 1,026 adults last month.
- 96 percent agree that the government should have the power to require warning labels if safety problems are identified–with 80 percent of those “strongly agreeing” to that authority. Currently, the FDA must negotiate safety warning labels with a drug maker.
- 93 percent agree that the FDA should have the power to order follow-up safety studies, with 65 percent “strongly agreeing” to that authority. Currently, the FDA generally does not have the authority to require that a safety study be performed once a drug is on the market.
- 84 percent agree that prescriptiond drug ads with safety concerns should be prohibited, with 59 percent “strongly agreeing” to such limits.
- 92 percent of Americans agree that drugmakers should make public the results of all of their clinical trial studies, which reveal a drug’s effectiveness as well as possible hazardous side effects. Of those, 68 percent “strongly agreed” that drug studies should be made public.
The survey also found that 84 percent of consumers agree that drug companies have too much influence over the government officials who regulate them. More than two-thirds (67 percent) are concerned that much of the FDA’s funding comes from the pharmaceutical industry, with 54 percent saying they are “very concerned.”
The Consumer Reports press release.[tags]Consumer Reports, FDA, PDUFA[/tags]
Laurie
The public is starting to get it!! A regulatory agency without the authority to regulate is a shame. Up until this point we have had the “illusion of safety”…now we want the real thing!
Rita
Yeah, the public is starting to get it!! When the masses speak up, change will happen.
Paulo
FDA play a great role in the USA but also in the entire world. Every case needs to be cleared and they should think about the People in the first place and then the damn money.
The world needs your sincerity.
Melody
Do you think FDA will ever do a look back to demand comparison studies between rDNA genetically-engineered insulin and the old, natural animal insulins they have allowed to be denied to Americans? Do you think they will ever look back and demand that rDNA synthetic insulin be classified as a biotech drug–needful of bioequivalency evaluation? Do you think they will ever get their adverse event reporting system designed to accurately reflect a truthful cause of harm/death?
They have lots of work that needs to be done; they need to place patient welfare above corporate enabling. Will it happen? I doubt it.
elisa
The public might get it but when will the FDA and the legislators get it??
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