Many Are Surprised By Bold Decisions Of the Bush F.D.A

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The FDA under the George W. Bush administration is demonstrating bold and effective policies in taking action for and against pharmaceuticals, herbal supplements and devices that are controversial. FDA Commissioner Mark B. McClellan is given substantial credit for approaching controversial decisions that impact the pharmaceutical industry and the health of the general public. The FDA has decided to ban the sale of ephedra and will consider the return of silicone breast implants only after their safety has been determined. The FDA will evaluate making the morning-after pill Plan B available as an over-the-counter option. As expected, McClellan does not support continued imports of less expansive drugs from Canada.

United States, Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government expenditures, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Financial management, Government regulation, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical preparations, Public affairs, Drugs, Imports, Legal/Government Regulation, Metabolic Agents NEC, Metabolic Agents, Health aspects, Economic aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical industry, Finance, Political activity, Economic policy, United States foreign relations, Public opinion, Plan B (Contraceptive), Breast implants, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Canadian foreign relations, Medicine, Herbal, Herbal medicine, Company financing, Nonprescription drugs, Ephedra, Medicine, Botanic, Kessler, David A., Breast prosthesis, McClellan, Mark B.

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Bre-X affiliate to change name, seek financing

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Bro-X Minerals Ltd, the Calgary, Canada-based affiliate of discreted Bre-X Minerals Ltd, will change its name to Valient Ventures Ltd and seek at least C$750,000 in financing from shareholders. The gold mining company hopes to be back in operation as early as 1999 under a different name in an effort to distance itself from the tragedy that struck Bre-X. Valient will be headed by new president, Thomas Devlin, a former Bre-X manager.

Gold Mines, Gold Ore Mining, Organizational nomenclature, Gold mining, Bro-X Minerals Ltd.

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