FDA urged to rely more on advisory panels for new drugs
A presidential advisory panel recommended that the FDA depend more on its expert committees when approving experimental therapies. The panel backed faster cancer and AIDS drug approvals, broader criteria beyond survival, and restructuring to empower advisory panels with independent staff and direct reporting to the commissioner.
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AIDS Rises as Leading Death Cause for Men in Abidjan
Science reports in its August edition that AIDS is the top death cause among adult men in Abidjan Ivory Coast while ranking second for women after pregnancy related deaths. The Ivory Coast study covered 698 cadavers over 62 and 43 days showing 41 percent of men and 32 percent of women HIV positive, highest in ages 30 to 39.
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