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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed to review on time nearly half the applications from generic drug makers seeking approval to sell cheaper versions of brand-name pharmaceuticals, according to a government report released on Friday.

Women veterans aren't receiving the same quality of outpatient care as men at many Department of Veterans Affairs' facilities, according to an agency review obtained exclusively by The Associated Press.

An experimental psoriasis drug from Johnson & Johnson is effective at relieving symptoms but extended use may raise the risk of cancer, U.S. drug reviewers said in documents released on Friday.

All it took to bilk the federal government out of $105 million was a laptop computer. Medicare pays most claims without review, playing a role in the $60 billion lost each year to fraud.

AP - Women veterans aren't receiving the same quality of outpatient care as men at many Department of Veterans Affairs' facilities, according to an agency review obtained exclusively by The Associated Press.

The Australian Psychological Society (APS) has expressed grave concerns over the classification MA given to the soon to be released movie, 'The Happening'. 'This movie, with its graphic and repeated depictions of violent suicides should receive an R classification instead of the MA rating,' said APS President, Amanda Gordon. 'We call on the Classification Board to urgently review this rating.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women veterans aren't receiving the same quality of outpatient care as men at many Department of Veterans Affairs' facilities, according to an agency review obtained exclusively by The Associated Press....

GE Healthcare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated for priority review the New Drug Application (NDA) for AdreView. AdreView is a molecular imaging agent for the detection of neuroendocrine tumors in pediatric and adult patients. The FDA also encouraged GE to establish an expanded access program for the agent. An expanded access program is designed to grant physicians limited access to a novel agent prior to FDA approval.

William M. PardridgeWeb Release Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Review) DOI: 10.1021/bc800148t (Source: Bioconjugate Chemistry)

The British Fertility Society has issued new guidelines, published in the journal Human Fertility, for the use of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) in patients seeking fertility treatment. These guidelines follow a thorough review of published research on the safety and success rates of PGS. PGS involves testing cells from early embryos to detect chromosome abnormalities.