WASHINGTON - September 30, 2009 The agency says it will begin studying public response to its
announcements on potentially dangerous food and drugs. The plan
posted online takes its cue from a 2006 report by the nonprofit
Institute of Medicine, which found the FDA needed to do a better
job communicating with the public.
Problems with the FDA's communications strategy were highlighted
when the popular painkiller Vioxx was pulled from the market in
2004, five years after its approval, because of links to heart
attack and stroke. The agency was criticized for not alerting the
public earlier to those risks.
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